B2verb · transitive · common

rip

rip · rips · ripped · ripping

рвати, розривати, дерти

разорвать, рвать, порвать, разрывать

zerreißen, reißen, trennen, reissen

To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearingTo 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.

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/ɹɪp/

» Cardboard boxes rip easily.

Картонні коробки легко рвуться.

Meaning

15 senses

(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
(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
(transitive)To remove violently or wrongly.
A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
tear or be torn violently
(transitive)To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
entreißen
вырыва́тьvyryvátʹ, вы́рватьvýrvatʹ
(figuratively, intransitive)To move quickly and destructively.
The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.
reißen, stürmen, rasen
move precipitously or violently
To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
einen Längsschnitt machen, der Länge nach auftrennen
cut (wood) along the grain
(slang, transitive)To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
rippen
(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.
(slang)To fart audibly.
(US, slang, sometimes, transitive)To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
(slang, transitive)To steal; to rip off.
klauen, abziehen, übers Ohr hauen
To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
stürmen, voranstürmen, vorstürmen
рвану́тьrvanútʹ, рвану́тьсяrvanútʹsja

Examples

261 sentences

Cardboard boxes rip easily.
Картонні коробки легко рвуться.
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Boy, that was a rip-off.
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Tom tried to rip us off.
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Why did Tom rip us off?
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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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