Rip Synonyms & Definitions

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• RipDefinition & Meaning in English

(v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.
(n.) A wicker fish basket.
(v. t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
(n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
(v. t.) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.
(n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
(v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
(n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

• RipeningDefinition & Meaning in English

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ripen

• Rip cordDefinition & Meaning in English

() A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent.