"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).
"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.).
to make or get a hole or tear in by pulling, tearing etc Example: He ripped his shirt on a branch; His shirt ripped.
Arabic:
يُمَزِّق
Chinese (Simplified):
扯裂，撕
Chinese (Traditional):
扯裂，撕
Czech:
roztrhnout (se)
Danish:
rive; flænge
Dutch:
scheuren
Estonian:
(katki) rebima, rebenema
Finnish:
repiä, revetä
French:
(se) déchirer
German:
reißen
Greek:
(ξε)σκίζω
Hungarian:
(fel)hasít
Icelandic:
rífa, rifna
Indonesian:
merobek
Italian:
strappare
Japanese:
裂く
Korean:
…을 찢다; 찢어지다
Latvian:
plīst; saplīst; plēst; saplēst
Lithuanian:
perplėšti, perplyšti, suplėšyti
Norwegian:
rive opp, *i stykker
Polish:
rozedrzeć się
Portuguese (Brazil):
rasgar(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal):
rasgar(-se)
Romanian:
a (se) rupe
Russian:
порвать(ся)
Slovak:
roztrhnúť (sa)
Slovenian:
strgati (se)
Spanish:
rasgar, desgarrar
Swedish:
riva sönder
Turkish:
yırt(ıl)mak
rip2[rip]verb
to pull (off, up etc) by breaking or tearing Example: The roof of the car was ripped off in the crash; to rip up floorboards; He ripped open the envelope.
ripaudio (From "rip off" - to steal) To copy audio or video (e.g. from a compact disc) to a file, e.g. an MP3digital audio file, on a computerhard disk. While it may be legal to do this for personal use, ripping a copyright work and distributing the result to others could result in prosecution. (2006-01-27)
Raff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Raffing.] [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf. G. raffen; akin to E. rap to snatch. See Rap, and cf. Riffraff, Rip to tear.] To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. --Carew.
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.
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