Rip
[rɪp]
Definition
(noun.) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current.
(noun.) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; 'there was a rip in his pants'; 'she had snags in her stockings'.
(verb.) criticize or abuse strongly and violently; 'The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly'.
(verb.) cut (wood) along the grain.
(verb.) move precipitously or violently; 'The tornado ripped along the coast'.
Typed by Dave--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A wicker fish basket.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
(v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.
(v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
(n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
(n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
(n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
Editor: Solomon
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Tear open, tear apart.
n. Tear, rent, laceration.
Typist: Phil
Definition
v.t. to divide by cutting or tearing: to cut open: to take out by cutting or tearing: to tear up for search or alteration: to explode give vent to.—v.i. to break out violently.—v.t. to utter violently (with out):—pr.p. rip′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. ripped.—n. a tear: a rent: a place torn: (slang) a vicious person: a worthless horse: a ripple.
n. (Scot.) a handful of grain not thrashed.
Edited by Horace
Examples
- Rip it open and let's have some! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- One of his sleeves is tore right away below the elber, and the t'other's had a good rip at the shoulder. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What do you want to conwey to your own father, you young Rip? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I sat beside him, undid my tunic and tried to rip the tail of my shirt. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here is my knife, throwing it to him; rip open that bed, and search the straw. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He was idly beating the branches as he lounged along: or he stooped viciously to rip the moss from the trees with his stick. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The cat leaped down and ripped at a bundle of rags with her tigerish claws, with a sound that it set my teeth on edge to hear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I cut the cape, then ripped it in two, and laid it under the wheel in the mud, then piled brush for the wheels to catch. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Margaret