rip1
/rɪp
/verb (rips, ripping, ripped)
1 [with object and adverbial of direction] Tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone: a fan tried to rip his trousers off during a show figurative countries ripped apart by fighting...
- She extended the claws on both her hands, then, in a sudden movement, grabbed each end of the tangle and pulled, ripping it apart.
- He felt as if he was throwing up everything inside of him, his insides being ripped, pulled, torn out.
- He fetched the keys from his pocket, grabbing them and ripping them out quickly, wasting no time.
Synonyms
tear, snatch, jerk, tug, wrench, wrest, prise, force, heave, haul, drag, pull, twist, peel, pluck, grab, seize
informal yank
1.1 [with object] Make a long tear or cut in: you’ve ripped my jacket...
- I decided to wear my favorite pair of blue low rider jeans, which were ripped at both knees, along with a normal yellow t-shirt.
- He was wearing his favorite jeans that were ripped down the left knee.
- He was wearing ripped jeans and his now-fraying Peter Pan t-shirt.
Synonyms
tear, slit, cut, gash, cleave, slash, claw, savage, mangle, mutilate, hack
literary rend
1.2 [with object] Make (a hole) by force: the truck was struck by lightning and had a hole ripped out of its roof...
- He felt like a hole had been ripped in his chest.
- Across the way, he saw the reason there was no atmosphere in the dome: a large hole had been ripped in the outer wall.
- He was now wearing his shirt again; a large hole had been ripped where the snake had struck.
1.3 [no object] Come violently apart; tear: the skirt of her frock ripped...
- She hit and hit until she'd gotten through to the picture itself and then it finally was heard ripping apart.
- The hiss turned into a scream, this one more like a ship's keel ripping apart under pressure than a triumphant blood-chilling cry like before.
- Sasaki huddled against the hot grains of sand, gritting her teeth, curled up in a ball and hugging her shoulders as if to keep herself from ripping apart.
2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Move forcefully and rapidly: fire ripped through her bungalow...
- A shock of electricity ripped through me, making my muscles jerk and my hands clench; he caught me as my knees gave out.
- Merlin's head rocked back from the force of the impact and an explosion ripped through his ears.
- As each flash ripped through the reddened sky, the force of the angry discharge made him gasp in awe.
3 [with object] Computing Use a program to copy (material from a CD or DVD) on to a computer’s hard drive.There have been hi-fi units equipped with hard drives, but nothing beats a personal computer for ripping and managing an audio collection....
- Media encoding for home and professional use is becoming more popular, as more users rip audio to their hard drives, or edit home movies.
- Typically, you'll need separate software to do specific tasks, such as burning DVDs, ripping audio, and of course burning CDs.
noun
1A long tear or cut: there was a rip in his sweatshirt...
- A jagged piece of basalt had torn a fresh rip in the hem of her robes, and a gash from the same rock was bleeding freely.
- There were rips, tears, and dirty patches all over them.
- His one-time shirt and breeches were now littered with rips and tears, and his body sorely needed a bath.
Synonyms
tear, slit, split, rent, laceration, cut, gash, slash
1.1 [in singular] An act of tearing something forcibly: he seemed to be saying with each rip of a page—how dare she enjoy reading books?...
- Time seemed to slow down as she fell, and as she hit the ground she felt the rip and tear of ligaments, heard the crack of bones shattering.
- He could feel the rips and tears, the little cuts opening under the movement of the shrapnel.
- I cringed and quickly scooted across the floor, hearing the rips and tears of my gown from the nail heads in the wood.
2North American informal A fraud or swindle; a rip-off.If you think it's a rip, don't buy it!...
- The food is above average, wine list is good, but it's a rip for sure.
- I've seen stores selling 2000 point cards for over 25 bucks! What a rip!
Phrases
let rip
let something rip
Phrasal verbs
rip into
rip someone off
rip something off
rip something up
Origin
Late Middle English (as a verb): of unknown origin; compare with the verb reap. The noun dates from the early 18th century.
Rhymes
rip2
/rɪp/noun
1A stretch of fast-flowing and rough water in the sea or in a river, caused by the meeting of currents.The onslaught of the Trojan army is ‘charging in as a heavy surf roars in against the rip at a river's mouth.’...
- It's like jumping into the ocean, with the waves crushing, and if you go too far out, you might be caught in a rip.
1.1 short for rip current. he felt the gut-wrenching tug of the rip as he approached the shore...
- Why didn't I know about this before I entered the water, and we did check out the beach at the time, and there were no signs warning of the dangers of rips or sandbars, or any of the water conditions.
Origin
Late 18th century: perhaps related to rip1.
rip3
/rɪp/noun informal, dated
1An immoral or unpleasant person: ‘Where is that old rip?’ a deep voice shouted...
- They didn't see, and didn't want to see, the unregistered brokers and the rips - or at least, they didn't see them while the unregistered brokers were working and the rips were being charged.
1.1A mischievous person, especially a child: I spent hours making those skirts for you two little rips...
- You're already bad as the rest of these insolent little rips.
2A worthless horse.
Origin
Late 18th century: perhaps from rep, abbreviation of reprobate.
RIP4
/ɑːrʌɪˈpiː/abbreviation
Rest in peace (used on graves).
Origin
From Latin requiescat (or, in the plural, requiescant) in pace.
RIP5
/rip/noun
A raster image processor.
verb (rips, ripping, ripped) (usually rip) [with object]
Rasterize (an image): once you are happy with the image, you can rip it out...
- At $50, it's a bit expensive for a copy-only application, but it rips images for storage, too.
Origin
1970s: abbreviation.