rip
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Is rip a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
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.Examples: "to rip a garment; to rip up a floor"; "For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand."; "A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe."transitive
2. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.Examples: "My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble."intransitive
3. (transitive) To remove violently or wrongly.Examples: "A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms."; "Mary is sister to the marginalized women who live unchronicled lives in oppressive situations. It does her no honor to rip her out of her conflictual, dangerous historical circumstances and transmute her into an icon of a peaceful, middle-class life robed in royal blue."transitive
4. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.Examples: "He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart."transitive
5. (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively.Examples: "“Wall,” said the landlord, fetching a long breath, “that’s a purty long sarmon for a chap that rips a little now and then. ...""; "On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people."figurativelyintransitive
6. (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
noun (English)
1. A type of strong, rough tide or current.Examples: "Rhythmic beaches consist of a rhythmic longshore bar that narrows and deepens when the rip crosses the breaker, and in between broadens, shoals and approaches the shore. It does not, however, reach the shore, with a continuous rip feeder channel feeding the rips to either side of the bar."; "Undertows (or ‘rips’) are the main problem. If you find yourself being carried out by a rip, the important thing to do is just keep afloat; don′t panic or try to swim against the rip, which will exhaust you. In most cases the current stops within a couple of hundred metres of the shore and you can then swim parallel to the shore for a short way to get out of the rip and make your way back to land."; "2010, Jeff Wilks, Donna Prendergast, Chapter 9: Beach Safety and Millennium Youth: Travellers and Sentinels, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, Tourism and Generation Y, page 100, Given that a large number of all rescues conducted by Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) occur in rips (a rip being a relatively narrow, seaward moving stream of water), this is critical surf-safety information (Surf Life Saving Australia, 2005)."AustraliaNew-Zealand
2. A type of strong, rough tide or current.Examples: "At rare intervals the water is smooth and deep, but the rips, rapids and falls give the river its distinctive character. About two and a half miles from its mouth it contracts somewhat, and plunges over a precipice one hundred feet high[…]"; "In the 5.8 miles between this point and the head of Burnt Land Rips the fall is 40 feet. The East Branch joins the main river about 1 1⁄2 miles below the rips at Medway. A part of this fall could probably be developed by a dam near the head of the Joe Mary Rapids, but the pondage created by a high dam would cause damage[…]"; "At the outlet of Round Pond is the beginning of Round Pond Rips. Rips is a Maine word that generally means easy rapids. They are not hard rapids, but require your attention, as there are plenty of rocks and ledges that need to be avoided. After the rips the river is easy […]"in-plural
3. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.slang
4. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.slang
5. (UK, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.UK
6. (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.slang
noun (English)
1. (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag.colloquialdatedregional
2. (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.Examples: "Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the Blank divorce case."; "If there were, in clubs and places where men talk, unpleasant rumours as to himself he preferred it to be thought that he was the rip, not his wife the strumpet."colloquialdatedregional
noun (English)
1. (Scotland) A handful of unthreshed grain.Scotland
intj (English)
1. (Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of RIP.Examples: "lmfao rip your dms"Internetalt-of
intj (English)
1. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).Examples: "RIP Vine. Only real ones remember."; "A couple of locally owned restaurants I enjoyed in my town didn't survive covid. RIP the one Indian food place within 100 miles."; "Damn my stream was lit lol rip to my twitch days YouTube here I come"broadlyinformalironicoften
2. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).Examples: "That jumpscare is so loud! RIP headphone users."; "RIP your DMs."; "RIP your wood floors if he drops that like my dog drops bones."excessivehumorousironicoftenslang
3. Initialism of requiescat in pace, requiescant in pace, or rest in peace (a blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace).Examples: "I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP."; "Oops I slipped and posted some of my art rip"; "rip I forgot it was orktober (it is always orktober to me) but here's a bear gorkanaut from my bear/duck themed bad moonz army. Happy orktober 2nd"broadlyslang
4. (derogatory) Initialism of rest in piss.abbreviationalt-ofderogatoryinitialism
5. (rare) Initialism of rest in power.abbreviationalt-ofinitialismrare
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