rip
A tearA tear (in paper, etc.).
Meaning
15 sensesA tear (in paper, etc.).
A type of strong, rough tide or current.
(Australia, New Zealand)A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
(in the plural)A tract of broken water (in a river or stream), particularly one which is not as rough as rapids.
(slang)A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
(slang)A hit (dose) of marijuana.
(UK)A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
(slang)Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
(slang)Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
Some of these CD rips don't sound very good: what bitrate did you use?
(slang)A fart.
(slang)Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
(informal)A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
(Canada, slang)A joyride.
- a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
Examples
261 sentencesCardboard boxes rip easily.
Картонні коробки легко рвуться. — deniko
Boy, that was a rip-off.
Tom tried to rip us off.
Why did Tom rip us off?
Tom is trying to rip us off.
Origin
From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-GermanFrom 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”).
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of rep (“reprobate”).
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Forms
plural: ripsSynonyms
14 synonyms- a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current:riptidetide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart:rentsnagsplittear-n
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something:rentsplit
- a dissolute man in fashionable society:rakerakehellprofligatebloodroue
Word family
21 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- got ripped off
- ripped up the
- got ripped
- ripped open