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.
Idioms
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 study at rob).

Synonyms
1. See tear2. 6. laceration, cut.
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rip1 (rɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
short for riptide
 
[C18: perhaps from rip1]

rip3 (rɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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]

ripped (rɪpt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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
"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
"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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Science Dictionary
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.
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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.
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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?
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
RIP

  1. raster image processor

  2. reproductive immunophynotype

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Example sentences
They sounded as if they had ripped up their vocal cords by popping steroids.
It was completely ripped out because of this infatuation with the automobile.
Picture a wasp with its wings ripped off, and you'll have a good approximation
  of a bulldog ant.
Diners scanning the pricey plats du jour feel ripped off.
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