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rip

1 [rip]

verb, ripped, rip⋅ping, noun

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.

2.	to cut or tear away in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip bark from a tree.

3.	to saw (wood) in the direction of the grain.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to become torn apart or split open: Cheap cloth rips easily.

5.	Informal. to move with violence or great speed: The sports car ripped along in a cloud of dust and exhaust fumes.

–noun

6.	a rent made by ripping; tear.

7.	Slang. a cheat, swindle, or theft; ripoff: The average consumer doesn't realize that the new tax is a rip.

—Verb phrases

8.	rip into, Informal. to attack physically or verbally; assail.

rip off, Slang.

a.	to steal or pilfer.

b.	to rob or steal from.

c.	to swindle, cheat, or exploit; take advantage of: phony charity appeals that rip off a gullible public.

10.	rip out, Informal. to utter angrily, as with an oath or exclamation.

—Idiom

11.

let rip, Slang.

a.	to utter a series of oaths; swear.

b.	to speak or write violently, rapidly, or at great length.

c.	to allow to proceed at full speed or without restraint.

Origin:
1470–80; 1960–65 for def. 9; obscurely akin to Fris rippe, dial. D rippen; cf. dial. E ripple to scratch

Related forms:

rip⋅pa⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See tear ² . 6. laceration, cut.

rip

2 [rip]

–noun

a stretch of turbulent water at sea or in a river.

Origin:
1765–75; see rip ¹ , ripple ¹

rip

3 [rip]

–noun Informal.

1.	a dissolute or worthless person.

2.	a worthless or worn-out horse.

3.	something of little or no value.

Origin:
1770–80; prob. alter. of rep, shortened form of reprobate

Rip

[rip]

–noun

a male given name, form of Robert.

R.I.P.

1.	may he or she rest in peace. Also, RIP Origin: < L requiēscat in pāce

2.	may they rest in peace.

Origin:
< L requiēscant in pāce

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rip¹ (rĭp)

v. ripped, rip·ping, rips

v. tr.

To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically. See Synonyms at tear¹.
To split or saw (wood) along the grain.
To subject to vehement criticism or attack: The critic ripped the tedious movie.
Informal To produce, display, or utter suddenly: ripped out a vicious oath.
Computer Science To copy (audio or audio-visual material from a CD or DVD).

v. intr.

To become torn or split apart.
Informal To move quickly or violently.

The act of ripping.
A torn or split place, especially along a seam.
A ripsaw.

Phrasal Verb(s):
rip intoTo attack or criticize vehemently: ripped into her opponent's political record.
rip off Slang

To steal from: thieves who ripped off the unsuspecting tourist.
To steal: ripped off a leather jacket while ostensibly trying on clothes.
To exploit, swindle, cheat, or defraud: a false advertising campaign that ripped off consumers.

[Middle English rippen, from Flemish; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

rip² (rĭp)

A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
A rip current.

[Probably from rip¹.]

rip³ (rĭp)

A dissolute person.
An old or worthless horse.

[Possibly shortening and alteration of reprobate.]

RIP
abbr. Latin
requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)

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Rip

Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. corb. Cf. Ripier.] A wicker fish basket.

Rip

Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Ripping.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf. Raff, Ripple of flax.]

1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.

2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart. --Granville.

3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.

They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion. --Clarendon.

For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely. --Milton.

4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises. --Knight.

Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook.

Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw.

To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See To rap out, under Rap, v. t.

Rip

Rip\, n. 1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [Slang.]

3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

Language Translation for : rip

Spanish: rasgar, desgarrar,

German: reißen,

Japanese: 裂く

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rip

v.
1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a "CD ripper".
2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that they have been compiled/assembled into, or which generates them at run-time. In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through memory shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years and probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense
1.

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rip (v.)

"tear apart," c.1477, probably of North Sea Gmc. origin (cf. Flem. rippen "strip off roughly," Frisian rippe "to tear, rip") or else from a Scand. source (cf. Swed. reppa, Dan. rippe "to tear, rip"). In either case, probably imitative of the sound of cloth ripping. Meaning "to move with slashing force" (1798) is the sense in let her rip, Amer.Eng. colloquial phrase attested from 1853. The noun is attested from 1711; rip cord (1909) originally was in ballooning. The verbal phrase rip off "to steal or rob," is first recorded c.1967 in black slang, but rip was prison slang for "to steal" since 1904, and was also used in this sense in 12c. Rip-off (n.) is attested from 1970. Jack the Ripper contains a pun on ripper in sense of "tool for ripping" old slates, etc. (1793) and the slang meaning "a ripping fellow" (1838), from ripping "excellent, splendid" (1826).

rip (n1.)

"rough water," 1775, perhaps a special use of rip (v.). Originally of seas; application to rivers is from 1857. Rip-tide is attested from 1862.

rip (n2.)

"thing of little value," 1815, earlier "inferior or worn-out horse" (1778), perhaps altered from slang rep (1747) "man of loose character," which is itself perhaps short for reprobate (q.v.).

rip (rĭp) Pronunciation Key

A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
A rip current.

RIP
1. Routing Information Protocol.
2. Raster Image Processor.
(2003-09-10)

rip audio, video, legal
(From "rip off" - to steal) To copy audio or video, typically from a compact disc or DVD, to a file on a computer hard disk. A dedicated program to do this is called a "ripper" though it is often a function of player software.
Ripping usually includes converting the data to a format that is more suitable for computer playback, e.g. MP3 digital audio or DivX video. The process is entirely digital so it is possible to make a perfect copy of the data. However the resulting files are large (a few megabytes for an audio track, a few gigabytes for a film) so the conversion often includes compression to reduce the file size at the cost of some loss of quality.
While it may be legal to do this for personal use, distributing a ripped copyright work to others could result in prosecution.
See also ripcording.
(2008-01-21)

rip

In addition to the idioms beginning with rip, also see let it rip.

RIP

raster image processor
reproductive immunophynotype

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