ripping
ripping
Definition
rip·ping (rip′iŋ)
adjective
- that rips or tears
- Chiefly Brit., Slang excellent; fine; splendid
rip′·pingly adverb
ripping
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- yarn: In fact, the film is truly a ripping yarn of the highest order.
- burning: The Player provides faster access to top activities, such as ripping, burning, and syncing.
- CD: You can make tracks that are seamless when ripping CDs with iTunes.
- noise: There is just this bright orange spindle out in front of the barrels and a great ripping noise like tearing a sheet.
- software: The first is audio files, since ripping software tends to default file names to the track title with mixed case and spaces.
- sound: At last my sodden shirt came free from the grating with a damp ripping sound.
Modifying Another Word
- simply: Everyone out here has been simply ripping, especially the Colonel.
- absolutely: Morris Minor says its an absolutely ripping yarn ' .
- just: Many people enjoy just ripping through the water and.. .
Browse dictionary entries near ripping
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- RIPE NCC
- RIPE MessageDigest
- ripe for judgment
- ripe
- riparian
- ripple
- ripple effect
- ripple mark
- ripplet
- ripply
- riprap
- ripsaw
- ripsnorter
- ripstop
- riptide
