RIP

Requiescat in pace, (Latin) may he (or she) rest in peace

rip¹ /rip/

1. To slash or tear open, apart, off or out
2. To make by such an action
3. To reopen (a wound; with up)
4. To shred, tear into pieces (with up)
5. To split or saw (timber) with the grain
6. To strip (a building or its roof)
7. To utter explosively (with out)
8. To criticize severely (slang, esp N American)
9. To copy (digital data) from a CD or DVD onto a hard disk (computing, informal)

1. To come apart in shreds
2. To break out violently
3. To rush, go forward unrestrainedly

1. A rent, tear
2. An unchecked rush
3. A ripsaw
4. A rip-off (N American)

ripped adjective

1. Torn, rent
2. Extremely drunk or high on drugs (slang)

rippˈer noun

1. A person who rips
2. A tool for ripping
3. A person or thing especially admirable (slang, esp Aust)

rippˈing noun

The action of the verb

Excellent

rippˈingly adverb

ripˈcord noun

A cord for opening a balloon's gasbag or enabling a parachute to open

ripˈ-off noun (slang)

1. (financial) exploitation
2. A theft, stealing, cheating, etc
3. A swindle, confidence trick
4. A film, etc that exploits the success of another by imitating it

rippˈing-saw or ripˈsaw noun

A saw for cutting along the grain

ripˈ-roaring adjective

Wild and noisy

ripˈ-roaringly adverb

ripˈsnorter noun (slang)

1. A fast and furious affair or person
2. A gale

ripˈsnorting adjective

ripˈsnortingly adverb

ripˈstop adjective

Of a synthetic fabric (esp nylon), woven with a series of raised areas throughout to prevent or reduce ripping

let it rip

To allow an action or process to go on in an unrestrained or reckless way

let rip

1. To express oneself, or to act, violently or without restraint
2. To make a sudden increase in speed, volume, etc

rip into (slang)

To criticize severely

rip off (slang)

1. To steal
2. To steal from
3. To exploit, cheat, overcharge, etc

rip² /rip/

1. Stretch of broken water (chiefly US)
2. Disturbed state of the sea

rip current or ripˈtide noun

Tidal rip

rip³ /rip/

1. An inferior horse
2. A disreputable person

rip⁴ /rip/ (dialect)

1. A wicker basket
2. A coop

rippˈer or rippˈier noun (obsolete)

A person who carries fish inland to sell

rip⁵ or ripp /rip/ (Scot)

A handful, esp a plucked handful, of grass or corn

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• a rolling stone gathers no moss
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