Rip Definition
- To allow something to start or happen with vigor or energy.
- to go ahead; continue without restraint
- to attack violently or sharply, often with words
- to steal or rob
- to cheat, exploit, or take advantage of
- to criticize harshly
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rip
Origin of Rip
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Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen "˜to pluck', from Proto-Germanic *ruppōnÄ… (compare West Frisian roppe, ropje, Low German ruppen, German rupfen), intensive of *raupijanÄ… (compare Old English rÄ«pan, rÄ«epan "˜to plunder', West Frisian rippe "˜to rip, tear', German raufen 'to rip'), causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub ~ reub- (compare Albanian rrabe "˜maquis', possibly Latin rubus "˜bramble'), variant of *reup- "˜to break'. More at reave, rob.
From Wiktionary
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Borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of English rest in peace.
From Wiktionary
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Compare Icelandic hrip, a box or basket; perhaps akin to English corb. Compare ripier.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English rippen from Flemish reup- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Possibly shortening and alteration of reprobate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably from rip
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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