Meaning

15 senses
  1. (transitive)To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

    to rip a garment; to rip up a floor

    reissen, zerreißen, trennen

    рватьrvatʹ, порва́тьporvátʹ, разрыва́тьrazryvátʹ

  2. (intransitive)To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

    My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.

    zerreißen, aufreißen, zerfetzen

    рва́тьсяrvátʹsja, порва́тьсяporvátʹsja, разрыва́тьсяrazryvátʹsja

  3. (transitive)To remove violently or wrongly.

    A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.

    tear or be torn violently

  4. (transitive)To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

    entreißen

    вырыва́тьvyryvátʹ, вы́рватьvýrvatʹ

  5. (figuratively, intransitive)To move quickly and destructively.

    The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.

    reißen, stürmen, rasen

    move precipitously or violently

  6. To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.

    einen Längsschnitt machen, der Länge nach auftrennen

    cut (wood) along the grain

  7. (slang, transitive)To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

    rippen

  8. (slang)To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.

    He spent the day ripping shots at the bar and ripping blunts at home.

  9. (slang)To fart audibly.

  10. (US, slang, sometimes, transitive)To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)

  11. (slang, transitive)To steal; to rip off.

    klauen, abziehen, übers Ohr hauen

  12. To move or act fast; to rush headlong.

    stürmen, voranstürmen, vorstürmen

    рвану́тьrvanútʹ, рвану́тьсяrvanútʹsja

Examples

261 sentences
  1. Cardboard boxes rip easily.

    Картонні коробки легко рвуться.

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  2. Boy, that was a rip-off.

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  3. Tom tried to rip us off.

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  4. Why did Tom rip us off?

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  5. Tom is trying to rip us off.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to divide or separate the parts of:
to rapidly become two parts:
to get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing:
to rush headlong:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
to divide or separate the parts of:
to rapidly become two parts:
to get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing:
to move quickly and destructively:
woodworking: to cut wood along the grain:
to copy data to a device:
to steal, to rip off:
to rush headlong:

Origin

From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-German

From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną, intensive of *raupijaną, causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-, variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”).

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Forms

rips, ripping, ripped, ripped
Base formrip · to rip
3rd person singularrips
Present participleripping
Past simpleripped
Past participleripped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrip
he, she, itrips

Past simpleLesson

all personsripped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ripped
he, she, ithas ripped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rip

Phrasal verbs

8 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

19 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • got ripped off
  • ripped up the
  • got ripped
  • ripped open

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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