Rip Definition

rĭp
ripped, ripping, rips
verb
ripped, ripping, rips
To cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously.
Webster's New World
To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident.
He ripped his pants when he bent over.
American Heritage
To remove by or as by so cutting or tearing.
Webster's New World
To make (a hole) in this way.
Webster's New World
To slash with a sharp instrument.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
rips
The act of ripping.
Webster's New World
A torn place or burst seam; tear; split.
Webster's New World
A ripsaw.
American Heritage
An extent of rough, broken water caused as by the meeting of cross currents or tides or the interaction of currents and wind.
Webster's New World
A dissolute, dissipated person.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
abbreviation
Requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)
American Heritage
interjection
Rest in peace.
When he died he received hundreds of letters signed with RIP at the end.
Wiktionary
idiom
let it
  • To allow something to start or happen with vigor or energy.
American Heritage
let her rip
  • to go ahead; continue without restraint
Webster's New World
rip into
  • to attack violently or sharply, often with words
Webster's New World
rip off
  • to steal or rob
  • to cheat, exploit, or take advantage of
Webster's New World
rip on
  • to criticize harshly
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rip

Noun

Singular:
rip
Plural:
rips

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rip

Origin of Rip

  • Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen "˜to pluck', from Proto-Germanic *ruppōnÄ… (compare West Frisian roppe, ropje, Low German ruppen, German rupfen), intensive of *raupijanÄ… (compare Old English rÄ«pan, rÄ«epan "˜to plunder', West Frisian rippe "˜to rip, tear', German raufen 'to rip'), causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub ~ reub- (compare Albanian rrabe "˜maquis', possibly Latin rubus "˜bramble'), variant of *reup- "˜to break'. More at reave, rob.

    From Wiktionary

  • Borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of English rest in peace.

    From Wiktionary

  • Compare Icelandic hrip, a box or basket; perhaps akin to English corb. Compare ripier.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rippen from Flemish reup- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Possibly shortening and alteration of reprobate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from rip

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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