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Rip

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Noun

1. blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, roue

a dissolute man in fashionable society

2. rent, rip, snag, split, tear

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Example Sentences:
'there was a rip in his pants'
'she had snags in her stockings'

3. countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, riptide, tide rip

a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

4. rent, rip, split

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

Example Sentences:
'he gave the envelope a vigorous rip'

Verb

5. pull, rend, rip, rive

tear or be torn violently

Example Sentences:
'The curtain ripped from top to bottom'
'pull the cooked chicken into strips'

6. rip

move precipitously or violently

Example Sentences:
'The tornado ripped along the coast'

7. rip

cut (wood) along the grain

8. rip

criticize or abuse strongly and violently

Example Sentences:
'The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Rip

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verbWord forms: rips, ripping or ripped
1. 
to tear or be torn violently or roughly; split or be rent
2. (tr; foll by off or out)
to remove hastily, carelessly, or roughly
they ripped out all the old kitchen units
3. (intransitive) informal
to move violently or precipitously; rush headlong
4. (intransitive; foll by into) informal
to pour violent abuse (on); make a verbal attack (on)
5. (transitive)
to saw or split (wood) in the direction of the grain
6. (transitive) informal computing
to copy (music or software) without permission or making any payment
7.  let rip
noun
8. 
the place where something is torn; a tear or split
9.  short for ripsaw
noun
short for riptide (sense 1)
noun informal, archaic
1. 
something or someone of little or no value
2. 
an old worn-out horse
3. 
a dissolute character; reprobate
abbreviation for
requiescat or requiescant in pace

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Rip

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verb transitiveWord forms: ripped or ˈripping
1. 
a. 
to cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously
b. 
to remove by or as by so cutting or tearing
with off, out, away, etc.
c. 
to make (a hole) in this way
d. 
to slash with a sharp instrument
e. 
to cut, tear, etc. (stitches) so as to open (a seam, hem, etc.)
2. 
to saw (wood) along the grain
verb intransitive
3. 
to become torn or split apart
4.  Informal
to move with speed or violence
noun
5. 
a torn place or burst seam; tear; split
6. 
the act of ripping
noun
an extent of rough, broken water caused as by the meeting of cross currents or tides or the interaction of currents and wind
noun Informal
1. 
a dissolute, dissipated person
2. 
an old, worthless horse
3. 
a worthless thing
requiescat (in pace)

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Rip

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v. ripped, rip·ping, rips
v.tr.
1.
a. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically. See Synonyms at tear1.
b. To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident: He ripped his pants when he bent over.
2. To split or saw (wood) along the grain.
3. Computers To copy (audio or audio-visual material from) a CD or DVD.
4. To subject to vehement criticism or attack: The critic ripped the tedious movie.
5. Informal To produce, display, or utter suddenly: ripped out a vicious oath.
6. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).
v.intr.
1. To become torn or split apart.
2. Informal To move quickly or violently.
n.
1. The act of ripping.
2. A torn or split place, especially along a seam.
3. A ripsaw.
n.
1. A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
2. A rip current.
n.
1. A dissolute person.
2. An old or worthless horse.
abbr.
Latin
requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)

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