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ripped

   [ript]
adjective Slang.
1.
drunk; intoxicated.
2.
under the influence of an illicit drug.
Origin:
1815–25; rip1 + -ed2

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rip

1   [rip] verb, ripped, rip·ping, noun
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.
9.
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 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.

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ripped (rɪpt)
 
—adj
1.  torn: ripped jeans
2.  informal denoting or having highly developed muscles, esp abdominal muscles: a ripped torso

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Word Origin & History

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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rip   (rĭp)  Pronunciation Key 

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

  2. A rip current.


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Slang Dictionary

rip definition


  1. n.
    a drinking bout. (See also tear.) : Fred had another rip last night. He's rotten now.
  2. n.
    the loot from a rip-off. : Give him some of the rip and tell him to beat it.
  3. n.
    a theft; a rip-off. : The crooks pulled a rip on Fourth Street last night.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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ripped definition


  1. mod.
    intoxicated on drugs or alcohol. : I don't know what I drank, but I'm really ripped.
  2. mod.
    muscular; having sharply defined muscles. : I worked and worked to get ripped, but I'm just not made that way.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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ripped (up) definition


and ripped (off)
  1. mod.
    alcohol or drug intoxicated; under the effects of marijuana. : Why do you have to get ripped up like that?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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