rip1 verbrip2 noun
riprip1 /rɪp/ ●●○ S3 verb (past tense and past participle ripped, present participle ripping) 
WORD ORIGINrip1
Origin:
1300-1400 Probably from Flemish rippen ‘to tear off roughly’VERB TABLE
rip
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | rip |
| he, she, it | rips | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ripped |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ripped |
| he, she, it | has ripped | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ripped |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rip |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ripped |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am ripping |
| he, she, it | is ripping | |
| you, we, they | are ripping | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was ripping |
| you, we, they | were ripping | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ripping |
| he, she, it | has been ripping | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ripping |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ripping |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ripping |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Beth excitedly ripped open the package.
- I ripped my skirt on a broken chair.
- My zipper was stuck, and the material around it ripped as I pulled on it.
- Stop pulling my dress! You'll rip it!
- Tom heard his shorts rip as he climbed over the gate.
- We both fell and I heard his shirt rip.
- You can see where the label has been ripped out.
- Athelstan carefully ripped the canvas open with the small knife he always carried.
- He grabbed his daughter's long sleeve, but she jerked away, ripping the flower-embroidered linen, towards the other table.
- He wanted to rip it out of the wall.
- If you feel like writing a scathing letter and then ripping it into little pieces, do it!
- One summer she frizzed her hair and took to wearing designer ripped leans.
- Sometimes it thickened and pulsed with blood and felt like it was going to rip something.
- The hornets' nest was ripped from the branch as the strip passed by.
- The impact caused my fistfuls of weed to rip off the rock with a sickening, slimy, ripping sound.
THESAURUS
to damage paper or cloth by pulling it too hard, or letting it touch something sharp: · She unwrapped the present carefully, trying not to tear the paper.· I tore a hole in my jacket, climbing over the fence.
to tear something quickly or violently: · Beth excitedly ripped open the package.· Stop pulling my dress! You’ll rip it!
to tear your trousers or shirt when you put them on, because they are too tight for you: · He bent down and split his trousers.· Oh no, now I’ve split my shirt.
British English if a woman ladders her tights or stockings, she tears them so that a long thin line appears in them: · Damn! I’ve laddered my tights!
to catch a piece of clothing on something rough or sharp so that it tears slightly: · I snagged my shirt on a nail.
to deliberately destroy letters, documents etc by cutting them into thin pieces, often by using a special machine: · In order to prevent fraud, it’s best to shred your bank statements.· I went through all my papers shredding things I didn’t need.
torn a little along the edges – used about clothes, carpets etc that have been used a lot: · He was wearing an old pair of frayed jeans.· The rug was a little frayed around the edges.· The jacket was a little frayed at the cuffs.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone pay too much money for something to make someone pay too much for something in a shop, restaurant, taxi etc: · Garage mechanics are twice as likely to overcharge women car owners as men.overcharge somebody for something: · The cab driver tried to overcharge us for the ride from the airport.· The university was accused of overcharging the government millions of dollars for research-related costs.
spoken informal to make someone pay much more for something than it is worth: rip somebody off: · Don't buy a watch from those guys, they'll just rip you off.rip off somebody: · The bars by the sea make huge profits by ripping off tourists.
spoken informal if something is a rip-off , it costs much more than it is worth -- use this when you think that someone is trying to cheat you: · "It cost £200 to get it fixed." "What a rip-off!"a complete/total rip-off: · The meal cost me $80 - it was a total rip-off.
informal to get a lot of money from someone by charging far too much for goods or services: · Some airport shops are accused of fleecing their customers, who don't have any choice but to use them.
to steal something to take something that does not belong to you without the owner's permission in a dishonest or illegal way: · Thousands of cars get stolen every year.· In the end he had to steal in order to survive.steal from: · drug addicts who steal from their friends and familiessteal something from: · Thieves stole paintings worth $5 million from a Paris art gallery.have something stolen: · It's strange he should have had so many things stolen in just a week.get stolen: · My grandfather refused to put his money in a bank because he was afraid it would get stolen.
to steal something, especially money or things that can be carried away: · Someone has been taking money from the cash box.· The burglars took our TV and stereo, but they didn't find the jewellery.
British spoken to steal something: · I wonder where she got that coat -- do you think she nicked it?· Jimmy was caught pinching money from his mum's purse.
spoken to steal something, especially someone's personal possessions: rip off something: · While I was out, someone went into my hotel room and ripped off the rest of my travelers' checks.
to steal something very easily, by picking it up and walking away with it, usually without anyone noticing: · My bag's disappeared! That woman must have walked off with it!· Guards in the lobby prevent employees from going off with computers and sensitive documents.
informal to steal something very easily without anyone trying to stop you: · While no one was looking Louise and Alice helped themselves to some apples and bananas.· Burglars cut through the ceiling and helped themselves to $3.6 million in jewels.
to steal things, especially small things or things you do not think are very valuable: · The farmer caught them pilfering apples from his orchard.· The villagers pilfered stones from ancient ruined cities to build their houses.
informal to steal something quickly when someone is not looking: · While I was swimming in the river, somebody swiped all my clothes!· I wish I knew who'd swiped my earrings.
American informal to steal something, especially something small and not very valuable: · The supermarket has a problem with kids snitching candy bars off the shelves.· He watched as Grover snitched two packets of sugar from behind the counter.
to damage paper, cloth, or clothing to damage paper, cloth, or clothing by pulling it too hard, or by letting it touch something sharp: · She unwrapped the present carefully, trying not to tear the paper.tear something on something: · I had torn the knees of my jeans on the rough gravel.tear something out/tear out something: · She tore a page out of her diary and wrote her phone number on it.tear something off/tear off something: · The attendant tore off the parking ticket and handed it back.tear something open/tear open something: · Peterson tore open the envelope.tear a hole in something: · I tore a hole in my jacket, climbing over the fence.tear something in half: · He took my ticket and tore it in half. "Row J, seats 8 and 9."
to tear something quickly or violently: · Stop pulling my dress! You'll rip it!rip something out/rip out something: · You can see where the label has been ripped out.rip something on something: · I ripped my skirt on a broken chair.rip something open/rip open something: · Beth excitedly ripped open the package.
British if a woman ladders her tights or stockings, she accidentally tears them so that a line of stitches becomes loose: · Damn! I've laddered my tights!
if you split your trousers, a long straight tear appears in them when you bend over or when you try to put on a pair that is too tight: · He bent down and split his trousers.
to become torn accidentally · My jacket caught on a nail and tore.· Don't pull on the cloth, it will tear.tear easily · Be careful, the paper tears easily.
to become badly torn, especially as the result of a sudden movement: · Tom heard his shorts rip as he climbed over the gate.· My zipper was stuck, and the material around it ripped as I pulled on it.
if material splits , a long straight tear appears in it: · Hudson's coat had split right up the back.· These shoes are so old the canvas had split.
to deliberately destroy something by tearing it into pieces to tear a piece of paper or cloth into many pieces: tear up something: · After Alan left, she tore up all his old letters.tear something up: · Pamela tore the note up and threw it in the wastebasket.
to tear something into pieces quickly or angrily: rip up something: · Martine ripped up her essay and started again.rip something up: · He'd get frustrated and throw his pencil down and rip his paper up.
to deliberately destroy letters, secret documents etc by putting them through a special machine which cuts them into long thin pieces: · The superintendent gave his secretary some letters to shred.· Some photographs and important documents -- the only evidence available -- had been shredded.
to tear a piece of paper into very small pieces, especially because you are angry: · Karen tore his photograph to shreds.· He tore out the page and ripped it to shreds.
WORD SETSaccess, verbaccess point, nounaccess time, nounaccounting system, accumulator, nounadd-on, nounADSL, nounaffective computing, nounAI, nounALGOL, nounalias, nounANSI, anti-spam, adjectiveanti-virus, adjectiveanti-virus software, nounAPL, nounapp, nounApple, Apple Macintosh, applet, nounapplication, nounapplication software, nounarcade game, nounarchitecture, nounarchive, nounarchive, verbarray, nounartificial intelligence, nounASCII, nounASIC, nounASP, nounassembly language, nounasynchronous, adjectiveAT&T, attachment, nounaudit trail, nounautomate, verbautomated, adjectiveautomation, nounavatar, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectiveB2E, adjectiveBabbage, Charles, backslash, nounbackspace, nounbackup, nounback-up copy, bandwidth, nounbar code, nounBASIC, nounbatch, nounbatch processing, nounbaud rate, nounBerners-Lee, Tim, bespoke, adjectivebeta test, nounBig Blue, bioinformatics, nounbiometric, adjectivebit, nounbitmap, nounBlackBerry, nounbloatware, nounblog, nounBluetooth, nounBMP, nounbond certificate, book entry, bookmark, nounbookmark, verbbook of final entry, nounbook of first entry, nounBoolean, adjectiveboot, verbbootable, adjectivebootstrapping, nounbot, nounbotnet, nounbps, brain dump, nounbroadband, nounbrown goods, nounbrowse, verbbrowser, nounbubble jet printer, nounbuddy list, nounbuffer, nounbuffer, verbbug, nounbulletin board, nounbundle, nounbundle, verbburn, verbbus, nounbusiness continuity services, nounbusiness continuity services, button, nounbyte, nounCabinet Office Briefing Rooms, cable modem, nouncache, nouncache, verbCAD, nounCAD/CAM, nounCAL, nounCalifornia, nounCALL, nounCAM, nounCambridge, Capita, caps lock, nouncapture, verbcapture, nouncard, nouncathode ray tube, nounCAT scan, nounCBT, nounCD-R, nounCD-ROM, nounCD-ROM drive, CDRW, nounCD-RW, nouncentral processing unit, nouncentral processor, nounCGI, nounCHAPS, character, nounchat room, nouncheat, nouncheckbox, nounchip, nounchip card, CIM, CIO, clerical assistant, click, verbclickable, adjectiveclient, nounclient machine, client-server, adjectiveclient/server architecture, clip art, nounclipboard, nouncloaking, nounclock cycle, nounclock speed, nounclone, nouncluster, nounCOBOL, nouncode, nouncoder, nouncom, Comdex, nouncommand, nouncomm port, comms, nouncompact disc, nounCompaq, compatibility, nouncompatible, adjectivecompatible, nouncompile, verbcompiler, nouncompress, verbcomputer, nouncomputer (industry) analyst, computer-aided, adjectivecomputer-aided design, nouncomputer-aided manufacture, computer-aided manufacturing, nouncomputer-assisted, adjectivecomputerate, adjectivecomputer-based training, computer-generated, adjectivecomputer-integrated manufacture, computerize, verbcomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer modelling, nouncomputer science, nouncomputer system, computer virus, nouncomputing, nounconcordance, nounconfiguration, nounconfigure, verbconnect, verbconnectivity, nounconsole, nouncontrol, nouncontrol key, nouncookie, nouncoordinate, nounCorel, corrupt, verbcounter, nouncourseware, nounCPU, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncracker, nouncrash, verbcrash, nounCroft, Lara, cross-platform, adjectivecross-posting, nounCtrl, nouncursor, nouncut, verbcutover, nouncyber-, prefixcybercrime, nouncybernetics, nouncyberpunk, nouncybersickness, nouncyberspace, nouncyberterrorist, nouncyberwidow, noundata, noundata bank, noundatabase, noundatabase management, database management system, data capture, noundata centre, data dictionary, noundata encryption standard, noundata file, data interchange format file, data mining, noundata processing, noundata protection, Data Protection Act, the, Dateline, daytrader, nounday trading, nounDBMS, debug, verbdecision support system, decode, verbdecompress, verbdecrypt, verbdefault, noundefragment, verbDel, noundelete, verbdeletion, noundeliverable, noundematerialize, verbdemo, verbdemonstration version, denial of service attack, noundeselect, verbdesktop, noundesktop computer, noundesktop publishing, noundestination site, dialogue box, noundial-up, adjectivedigerati, noundigicam, noundigital nervous system, digital rights management, digital wallet, nounDilbert, direct access, noundirectory, noundisaster recovery, noundisc, noundisinfect, verbdisk, noundisk drive, noundiskette, noundisk operating system, display, noundisplay, verbdistributed processing, Dixons, dock, noundock, verbdocking station, noundocument, noundocument sharing, noundongle, nounDOS, noundot-matrix printer, noundouble click, verbdouble-click, verbdouble density, adjectivedown, adverbdownload, verbdownload, noundownloadable, adjectivedowntime, noundown time, downwardly compatible, adjectiveDP, noundrag, verbdrive, noun-driven, suffixdriver, noundropdown, noundrop down, noundrop-down menu, nounDTP, noundumb terminal, dump, verbdump, nounDVD, nounDVD-ROM, nounEasdaq, noune-book, noune-business, nounECN, noune-commerce, nouneditor, nounedutainment, noune-fatigue, nounE-FIT, nounEFTPOS, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, adjectiveRAM, nounrandom access memory, nounread, verbread only memory, read-only memory, nounread-out, nounread-write, adjectivereal-time, adjectivereboot, verbrecall, verbre-chip, verbrecord, nounrecord, verbrefresh, verbreload, verbremaster, verbremote access, nounremote control, nounremote working, nounreseller, nounreset, verbrespawn, verbretinal scanner, nounretrieval, nounretrieve, verbretry, verbreturn, nounright-click, verbrip, verbroad warrior, nounrobot, nounrollover, nounROM, nounRoute 128, nounrouter, nounroutine, nounRSI, nounRTF, nounrun, verbsalami slicing, nounSamsung, save, verbscalability, nounscalable, adjectivescan, verbscanner, nounscramble, verbscreen, nounscreen-based, adjectivescreen dump, nounscreensaver, nounscreen saver, nounscreenshot, nounscroll, verbscroll bar, nounscroll key, SCSI, nounSEAQ, search, nounsearch, verbsearchable, adjectivesearch engine, nounSEATS, nounsecurity rating, SEGA, self-healing, adjectivesend, verbserial port, server, nounserver farm, nounservice bureau, nounservice pack, nounSET, nounset-up, nounSFA, nounSGML, nounshareware, nounshift, nounshift key, nounshoot-'em-up, nounshopping bot, sig file, nounsilicon, nounsilicon chip, nounSilicon Fen, nounSilicon Glen, Silicon Valley, sim, nounSIMM, nounsimulation, nounSinclair, Sir Clive, single sourcing, skin, nounslo-mo, adjectivesmall office/home office, nounsmart, adjectivesmart bomb, nounsneakernet, nounsoft copy, nounsoftware, nounsoftware engineering, SoHo, SOHO, nounSonic the Hedgehog, sort, nounsoundcard, nounsource code, nounspace bar, nounspam, nounspeech recognition, nounspeech recognition software, speech synthesizer, nounspellcheck, nounspellchecker, nounspell-checker, nounspider, nounspider food, nounspim, nounsplit screen, nounspreadsheet, nounspreadsheet software, spyware, nounstandalone, adjectivestand-alone, adjectivestandby time, nounStarr Report, the, nounstarter pack, nounstart-up, nounstorage, nounstorage unit, store, verbstore-and-forward, nounstrategic information system, stream, verbstreaming, nounStreet Fighter, string, nounstylus, nounsubdirectory, nounsubroutine, nounsuite, nounSun Microsystems, sunrise industry, nounsupercomputer, nounsuperserver, nounsupport, verbsupport, nounswitching, nounsynchronous, adjectivesyntax, nounsynthespian, nounsystem, nounsystem administrator, nounsystems analyst, nounsystems programmer, system tray, nountab, verbtab key, nountab stop, nountag, nountag, verbtape, nountape drive, taskbar, nountechie, nountechnical support, nountechno-, prefixtechnocracy, nountechno-geek, nountechnophobe, nountechy, telecentre, nountelecommuter, nountelematics, nounteleprinter, nounteleworker, nountemplate, nounterabyte, nounteraflop, nounterminal, nountestdeck, nountext-to-speech, adjectivethird-generation, adjectivethird-party software, thumbnail, nountickbox, nountick box, nountime out, nountime-sharing, nountitle bar, nountoggle, nountoner, nountoolbar, nountoolbox, nounTOPIC, nountop-level domain, nountop ranking, nounTorvalds, Linus, Toshiba, Tottenham Court Road, touchpad, nountouch screen, nountrackball, nountransaction processing, transputer, nounTrojan horse, nountroubleshooter, nounTTS, Turing, Alan, tutorial, nounundo, verbuninstall, verbunique visitor, nounUnix, noununlisted share, unlisted stock, unrecoverable error, unzip, verbup, adverbupdate, nounupgrade, verbupload, verbupload, nounuptime, nounusability, nounUSB, nounUSB drive, nounuser-friendly, adjectiveuser group, nounuser interface, nounuser name, nounUS Robotics, utility, nounVActor, nounvalid, adjectivevalue-added reseller, vapourware, nounVDT, nounVDU, nounVGA, nounvideocard, nounvideo game, nounvideo snacking, nounviral marketing, nounvirtual, adjectivevirtual corporation, virtually, adverbvirtual memory, nounvirtual office, nounvirtual organization, virtual reality, nounvirus, nounvoice print, nounvoice recognition, wallpaper, nounWAN, nounWAP, noun-ware, suffixwar game, nounWAV, nounwearable, nounWeb 2.0, nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The clothes were ripped to shreds and covered in blood.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open.· She grabbed the letter and ripped it to bits.
(=open it quickly and roughly)· My fingers trembled as I tore open the envelope.
The clothes were ripped to shreds and covered in blood.· Most of the craft had been cannibalized and ripped apart.· The bomb which ripped apart bus No. 18 in the capital hurled bodies as far as 50 yards.· To produce a sail he had ripped apart his military uniform.· Before our eyes the land is literally being ripped apart.· Three foxes were saved from being savagely ripped apart.· Some shoppers tell horror stories of plastic bags ripping apart as they carry a gallon jug of milk.· The centres of our old cities have been ripped apart to make way for it.· To reward him for this good behavior, I ripped apart the cedar waxwing and handed it to him in little pieces.
· As the rocket staged the shield was finally ripped away from the rocket, taking the solar panel with it.· And they would rip away my cloak, exposing me to the crowd.· Half its face was ripped away, and its tongue and one ear were almost torn off.· A twenty-five-foot wave carrying huge pieces of concrete flattened schools and ripped away bridges.· Her clothing had been ripped away to the waist in the horrific attack, said police spokesman Shlomo Ben Hemo.· Interior walls, as much as possible, were ripped away.
· Within seconds an aesthetic-looking gentleman was frantically beating off the attack as the great feet ripped down his waistcoat.· Fearfully, Seb drew closer and could see her dress had been ripped down from the neck to waist.· The man who had agreed with Clive grabbed Nina's jacket collar and tried to rip down her back.
· What about the indigenous artists who are ripped off by these greedy con merchants?· Sometimes producers collude and consumers get ripped off.· Polly thought she lived in a bedsit and that she was being ripped off.· It turned out to be Paster, hanging by his feet with his skin ripped off.· These can be just those pieces which they find lying around the surface or they can be ripped off the growing plants.· Government spending is not just about irresponsible generations ripping off their descendants or leaving their children broke.· Before that, though, I opened a can of whole chicken and ripped off a leg dribbling with jelly.· Cabrera, 27, started ripping off her clothes and tried to rape her, she and Hernandez testified later.
· They pierced the fabric of our universe; like a gunshot that ripped open the whole of space and time.· They ripped open the jugular vein, releasing an appalling rush of blood.· He threw off his load, unslung his Uzi and ripped open the door.· Impatiently she struggled out of her blue gaberdine suit and began to rip open the thick, shiny bags and the gleaming boxes.· Giving herself the advantage of surprise, she ripped open the door.· He ripped open one of the little silver foil packets and handed her the lubricated ring of rubber.· His hard knuckles ripped open the soft flesh over Luke's eye.
· Some twentieth-century vandal had ripped out the latticed windows of number seventeen.· Every time I tried to pull myself up, my fistfuls of rockweed ripped out.· Retirements included George Gyngell who ripped out his seat mountings in the lively conditions.· Some one had ripped out the cables - more proof of attention to detail.· Not wanting to know these things, not wanting to see himself, Oedipus rips out his eyes.· All this had to be ripped out before any redecoration could get under way.· Many gardeners find it hard to rip out a perennial flower that has taken root.
· Gina ripped up one of his articles.· I could see myself ripping up injunctions.· At ten o'clock in the morning a monster had ripped up the countryside, devastation littering its wake.· I felt like a plant ripped up by the roots.· They said whole fields were ripped up into the air!· She ripped up a sheet and put the rags between her legs and slept as much as she could.· I still think of this when I rip up an old vest for a piece of silver-polishing rag.· An orange ball of flame ripped up into the sky, bathing the deck in light like a miniature sun.
NOUN· Twelve people died after a bomb ripped through a busy underground passage at Moscow's Pushkin Square during the rush-hour last week.· The bomb which ripped apart bus No. 18 in the capital hurled bodies as far as 50 yards.· A bomb ripped apart the No. 18 bus on Jaffa Street early on a workday morning.
· Devil woman ripped all my clothes off me, sort of thing.· Cabrera, 27, started ripping off her clothes and tried to rape her, she and Hernandez testified later.· Most men I know would be ripping my clothes off by now.· The blast - triggered when Alan lit his gas oven - had ripped off his clothes.· He gouged her cheek with a screwdriver, but failed to rip off her clothes.
· He said he wanted to rip Lewis's heart from his body.· Even the most banal of church hymns can rip your heart out at times like this.· Big Black ripped the heart out of several corners of music and were astonishing in their own right.· We think a bypass would rip the heart out of Scarisbrick, the village where we live and some farmers would be ruined.
· The power of the swells breaking now would rip him to pieces in seconds.· If you feel like writing a scathing letter and then ripping it into little pieces, do it!· As he had always suspected, she was just waiting and watching for an opportunity to rip him to pieces.· One ripped a piece of flesh out from my armpit.· I know that it is unnecessary to rip animals to pieces to preserve the balance of nature.· If piranhas can rip a horse to pieces in no time, surely even a seven foot long otter offers little challenge?· She ripped him into little pieces.· We're all ripping each other to pieces here Voice over Back in the tasting room they were still hard at it.
· She ripped her shirt from her jeans and her hands held Lucy's head like fine porcelain.· This girl ripped my shirt off and then went for my trousers.· Boateng went berserk, ripping Johnson's shirt in a nasty scrap.· When he re-emerged he was ripping his shirt off - it was my shirt, too.
· His silk ballooned, ripping into shreds.· I can recall that my command tent was ripped to shreds.· For him there is nothing but mangled meat and pulverised potatoes, ripped to shreds by his incompetent cutlery.· Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.· One could hardly wear garments that were ripped to shreds and spattered with blood.· And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
VERB· They had followed, and he had let his feelings rip when the driver had lost the taxi at a traffic light.
· He said he wanted to rip Lewis's heart from his body.· If critics want to rip me for that, so be it!· I want to rip them up, stamp on them, throw them out the window.· He wanted to rip it out of the wall.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► let it/her ripPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive, transitive] to tear something or be torn quickly and violently: - Carson ripped him to shreds in his monologue.
- Unexpected hailstorms have ripped crops to shreds.
- And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
- Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.
- Other than the chance to rip it to shreds.
- Harriet finally let rip with 20 years of stored resentment.
- And picture the scene when a bunch of the boys let rip with the Toreador Song from Carmen.
- And, quite frankly, I just let rip.
- But Lord McNally, a Liberal Democrat, was able to let rip.
- Encouraged, and not noticing in his excitement the look of horror on his Rachel's face, Alfred let rip.
- He had carte blanche to let rip.
- In the end, the market is let rip.
- Out on the motorway he let rip.
- And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.
- Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces.
- He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.
- I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.
- If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.
- Telling me the strangest things sometimes, evil things - till I want to shout out or smash them to pieces.
- We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
- And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.
- Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces.
- He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.
- I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.
- If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.
- They will tear you to pieces.
- We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
- And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
- Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.
- Other than the chance to rip it to shreds.
- The agony of such a torment would tear her to shreds.
- They didn't have a humidifier and it's torn my voice to shreds.
- They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they'd like to tear them to shreds.
- They would have torn Corbett to shreds if the grille had been raised.
- Within two years, other researchers had torn it to shreds.
Her clothes had all been ripped. The sails ripped under the force of the wind. Impatiently, Sue ripped the letter open.► see thesaurus at tear2[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to remove something quickly and violently, using your handsrip something out/off/away/down Gilly ripped out a sheet of paper from her notebook. The buttons had been ripped off.3rip something/somebody to shreds a)to destroy something or damage it badly by tearing it in many places: Jill’s kitten is ripping her sofa to shreds. b) informal to strongly criticize someone, or criticize their opinions, remarks, behaviour etc: I expected to have my argument ripped to shreds.4[transitive] to copy music from a CD to an MP3 player or computer5let rip informal to speak or behave violently or emotionally: Fran took a slow deep breath, then let rip, yelling and shouting at him.6let it/her rip informal to make a car, boat etc go as fast as it can: Put your foot on the gas and let her rip!rip something ↔ apart phrasal verb to tear or pull something to pieces: He was ripped apart by savage beasts in the forest.rip somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb informal1to charge someone too much money for something SYN overcharge: The agency really ripped us off.2to steal something: Somebody had come in and ripped off the TV and stereo.3to take words, ideas etc from someone else’s work and use them in your own work as if they were your own ideas SYN plagiarize → rip-off(2)rip on somebody/something phrasal verb American English informal to complain a lot about someone or somethingrip through something phrasal verb to move through a place quickly and with violent force: A wave of bombings ripped through the capital’s business district.rip something ↔ up phrasal verb to tear something into pieces: Sue ripped his photo up into tiny bits.rip1 verbrip2 noun
riprip2 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A rip in a repair worker's protective suit increases the risk of getting a shock as they work on the electricity lines.
- Anne's jacket has a rip in it.
- The rips in the boat's old sails had been patched again and again.
- Gives it a smash, gives it a rip.
- His hands were scratched and dusty and there were small rips in his sweater.
Longman Language Activatora hole that is made when something is torn
· How did you get that tear in your jacket ?· There's a small tear near the corner of the painting.
a long hole that is made when something such as a piece of clothing is torn: · The rips in the boat's old sails had been patched again and again.· A rip in a repair worker's protective suit increases the risk of getting a shock as they work on the electricity lines.
British /run especially American a line of torn stitches in a pair of tights etc: · There's a run in these pantyhose.get a ladder/run: · I got a ladder in my tights.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The clothes were ripped to shreds and covered in blood.
· She grabbed the letter and ripped it to bits.
(=open it quickly and roughly)· My fingers trembled as I tore open the envelope.
The clothes were ripped to shreds and covered in blood.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a long tear or cut: - And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.
- Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces.
- He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.
- I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.
- If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.
- Telling me the strangest things sometimes, evil things - till I want to shout out or smash them to pieces.
- We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
- And having got under them, he can't half tear them to pieces.
- Brandon Thomas opted to unveil his Aunt away from London fearful that the capital's theatre critics would tear it to pieces.
- He was thrown from his chariot and his horses tore him to pieces and devoured him.
- I had been given the power to obliterate, to steal a body from its grave and tear it to pieces.
- If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession, he will tear it to pieces to annoy me.
- They will tear you to pieces.
- We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
- And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
- Its springtime for President Bill Clinton as he watches his Republican challengers rip each other to shreds.
- Other than the chance to rip it to shreds.
- The agony of such a torment would tear her to shreds.
- They didn't have a humidifier and it's torn my voice to shreds.
- They snarled at them as if they were criminals and took their papers as if they'd like to tear them to shreds.
- They would have torn Corbett to shreds if the grille had been raised.
- Within two years, other researchers had torn it to shreds.
a green leather jacket with a rip in the sleeve