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rip

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verb (used with object)

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

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

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

verb (used without object)

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

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

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noun

a rent made by ripping; tear.

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

Verb phrases

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

rip off, Slang.

to steal or pilfer.

to rob or steal from.

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

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

Idiom

11.

let rip, Slang.

to utter a series of oaths; swear.

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

to allow to proceed at full speed or without restraint.

Origin:
1470–80; 1960–65 for def. 9; obscurely akin to Frisian rippe, dialectal Dutch rippen; compare dialectal English ripple to scratch

Related forms

rip·pa·ble, adjective

un·rip·pa·ble, adjective

Can be confused: burglarize, mug, rip off, rob, steal (see synonym note at rob).

Synonyms
1. See tear². 6. laceration, cut.

Example Sentences

Ontario is getting tough on illegal private colleges and other fly-by-night operations that rip off students.

Aluminium is so partial to oxygen that it can rip it out of a water molecule.

Explosions first rip through airfields around the island.

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Ontario is getting tough on illegal private colleges and other fly-by-night operations that rip off students.

Aluminium is so partial to oxygen that it can rip it out of a water molecule.

Explosions first rip through airfields around the island.

Gently boil the water for two minutes to rip open the cell walls and release your genetic blueprint.

The deep-blue water may look inviting, but with large waves and strong rip currents, many beaches can be treacherous.

Nikrasch is only one of a growing number of hustlers using advanced technology to rip off casinos.

Think about who you are as a scholar and feel free to rip off your tenure statement if it helps.

The pads wear out quickly, and often rip apart or even melt.

It crawls into an orifice and sets its spines so that the only way to get it out is to rip flesh.

And the reason it lives so long there is because the first thing they do is rip out the emissions controls.

All you need to do is plant, add drip irrigation, and let the garden rip.

It's easy enough for economists to talk about the need to rip off band-aids and deal with adjustments promptly.

Their tough jaws and sharp tusks rip through the spikes and into the soft, ripe, fruity flesh.

Since these sounds are easy to create yourself, this is a bit of a rip off.

Four thousand feet above, hot clouds rise from a rip in a volcanic valley.

Others in the pack clench and rip whatever parts of the body they can to help bring down their prey.

Americans can and will back a plan that won't rip them off.

Using the table saw, rip the remaining two boards in half lengthwise.

Crested screamers use their hooked bills to rip off pieces of plants.

In the wild, they may be harvested using hydraulic dredges, which rip up the ocean floor.

Every year, hundreds of tornadoes rip through there, often in spring.

Rip up a plant and you will find a number of potatoes dripping off the bottom.

The design includes an armrest that does not rip pants.

But as companies emerge from recession it seems that many of them have decided to rip up their old recruitment policies.

In an attempt to restore balance, to equalize the charge separation, lightning flashes rip through the clouds.

Even if a hurricane doesn't directly hit land, it can still have a powerful effect in the form of waves and rip currents.

Well, if you're going to rip someone off, rip off the best.

The more rigorous visa requirement is put in place to stamp out fly-by-night educational operators who rip students off.

Thieves rip paintings from walls, sever canvases from their frames with razors or even screwdrivers, raid.

The stress it puts on you when you don't trust your other half is enormous and can rip relationships apart.

Okay, there are people who let their pets scratch up walls and rip apart blinds and screens.

Their bodies can clog or even rip through nets during an outbreak.

Namely a rip cord that attached the rider to the bike.

She used her wryly wicked wit to lightly rip them apart.

At such high velocity, even small junk can rip holes in a spacecraft or disable.

Your character begins his ordeal in the aforementioned mask, furiously trying to rip it off.

They come in paper and board-book form, in case you child likes to rip pages.

To run hard enough that you might rip or tear muscles or even overstress bones/ligaments.

Please do not click if you have any shred of innocence left, as this picture will rip it directly from your soul.

The family that founded this system to rip off the government an destroy potential student's hopes has grown rich.

Carnivorous mammals such as wolves have strong jaws and long, sharp teeth that help them grab and rip apart their prey.

The pointed prongs at the end of the segments serve better to rip into the throat, the intestines or the cervix.

As singers and guitarists strike epic rock poses onstage, audience members rip it up offstage.

Cheap boutiques also feature rip offs of high fashion, so you can get a lot of things with flair.

We witnessed a heron spear a small crab, rip off its head, then move on to its next victim.

Monkeys chase down smaller monkeys and rip them limb from limb, consuming their smoking flesh raw.

The obstacles were designed to impale or rip open the hulls of landing craft approaching the beach at high tide.

Polar bears rip huge seals and other animals apart when they are hungry.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

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

Origin:
1765–75; see rip¹, ripple¹

noun Informal.

a dissolute or worthless person.

a worthless or worn-out horse.

something of little or no value.

Origin:
1770–80; probably alteration of rep, shortened form of reprobate

noun

a male given name, form of Robert.

may he or she rest in peace. Origin:
< Latin requiēscat in pāce

may they rest in peace. Origin:
< Latin requiēscant in pāce

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World English Dictionary

rip¹ (rɪp)

—vb (foll by into) , rips, ripping, 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.	informal (intr) to move violently or precipitously; rush headlong
4.	informal to pour violent abuse (on); make a verbal attack (on)
5.	(tr) to saw or split (wood) in the direction of the grain
6.	informal (tr) computing to copy (music or software) without permission or making any payment
7.	let rip to act or speak without restraint

—n
8.	the place where something is torn; a tear or split
9.	short for ripsaw

[C15: perhaps from Flemish rippen; compare Middle Dutch rippen to pull]

'rippable¹

—*adj*

rip² (rɪp)

—n
	short for riptide

[C18: perhaps from rip¹]

rip³ (rɪp)

—n
1.	something or someone of little or no value
2.	an old worn-out horse
3.	a dissolute character; reprobate

[C18: perhaps altered from rep, shortened from reprobate]

RIP

—*abbreviation for*
	requiescat or requiescant in pace

[Latin: may he, she, or they rest in peace]

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Word Origin & History

rip

"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"

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(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

"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

"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.).

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American Heritage

Science Dictionary

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.

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

R.I.P. definition

The abbreviation for “rest in peace,” often found on gravestones or in obituaries. From the Latin, requiescat in pace.

Slang Dictionary

rip definition

n.
a drinking bout. (See also tear.) : Fred had another rip last night. He's rotten now.
n.
the loot from a rip-off. : Give him some of the rip and tell him to beat it.
n.
a theft; a rip-off. : The crooks pulled a rip on Fourth Street last night.

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Computing Dictionary

RIP definition

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

rip definition

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)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

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