ripping
adjective
rip·ping ˈri-piŋ 
chiefly British
: excellent, delightful
I've had a ripping time here
W. S. Maugham
W. S. Maugham
Word History
Etymology
probably from present participle of rip entry 1
First Known Use
1776, in the meaning defined above
ripping
verb
1
as in tearing
to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tearing
- shredding
- cutting
- splitting
- rending
- breaking
- slashing
- tattering
- riving
- cleaving
- rupturing
- ribboning
- dissecting
- lacerating
- dismembering
- mangling
- butchering
- gashing
- hacking
- incising
2
as in slicing
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife Synonyms & Similar Words
- slicing
- slitting
- slashing
- cutting
- splitting
- tearing
- stabbing
- bruising
- gashing
- piercing
- shearing
- chopping
- incising
- sawing
- cleaving
- severing
- rending
- mangling
- dissecting
- carving
- chipping
- crosscutting
- lacerating
- scissoring
- butchering
- hacking
- riving
- hacksawing
- chiseling
- haggling
- notching
- sectioning
- mincing
- amputating
- dicing
- anatomizing
- cutting off
- chiselling
3
as in flying
to proceed or move quickly the car went ripping down the road Synonyms & Similar Words
- flying
- rushing
- zipping
- racing
- speeding
- scurrying
- hurrying
- driving
- traveling
- tearing
- jumping
- trotting
- chasing
- running
- blowing
- buzzing
- blasting
- travelling
- stepping
- scooting
- darting
- scuttling
- ramming
- dashing
- zooming
- whirling
- blazing
- hurling
- bolting
- shooting
- hustling
- bowling
- hurtling
- barreling
- jogging
- bundling
- humping
- rustling
- haring
- nipping
- belting
- rocketing
- careening
- pelting
- hying
- careering
- hastening
- breezing
- whisking
- bustling
- motoring
- coursing
- jetting
- galloping
- bombing
- beating it
- barrelling
- cannonballing
- highballing
- hieing
- scampering
- flitting
- making tracks
- getting a move on
- shaking a leg
- streaking
- stepping on it
- scuffling
- accelerating
- cracking (on)
- whizzing
- sprinting
- scudding
- stampeding
- hotfooting (it)
- beetling
- overtaking
- outrunning
- quickening
- outstripping
- outpacing
- stepping out
- arrowing
- catching up
- beelining
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dragging
- poking
- crawling
- creeping
- poking
- lingering
- hanging (around or out)
- lagging
- shuffling
- strolling
- dawdling
- loitering
- sauntering
- ambling
- plodding
- dallying
- lumbering
- decelerating
- slowing (down or up)
- dillydallying
- tarrying
4
as in yanking
to separate or remove by forceful pulling rip a sheet off the pad of paper Synonyms & Similar Words
- tearing
- yanking
- grabbing
- pulling
- snatching
- wrenching
- extracting
- prying
- wresting
- seizing
- severing
- forcing
- nabbing
- amputating
- uprooting
- jerking
- nipping
- dissevering
- cutting (off)
- lopping (off)
- snapping (up)
- prizing
- rooting (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reattaching