Rip Definition

rĭp

ripped, ripping, rips

verb

ripped, ripping, rips

To cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously.

Webster's New World

To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident.

He ripped his pants when he bent over.

American Heritage

To remove by or as by so cutting or tearing.

Webster's New World

To make (a hole) in this way.

Webster's New World

To slash with a sharp instrument.

Webster's New World

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noun

rips

The act of ripping.

Webster's New World

A torn place or burst seam; tear; split.

Webster's New World

A ripsaw.

American Heritage

An extent of rough, broken water caused as by the meeting of cross currents or tides or the interaction of currents and wind.

Webster's New World

A dissolute, dissipated person.

Webster's New World

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closure

abbreviation

Requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)

American Heritage

interjection

Rest in peace.

When he died he received hundreds of letters signed with RIP at the end.

Wiktionary

idiom

let it

To allow something to start or happen with vigor or energy.

American Heritage

let her rip

to go ahead; continue without restraint

Webster's New World

rip into

to attack violently or sharply, often with words

Webster's New World

rip off

to steal or rob
to cheat, exploit, or take advantage of

Webster's New World

rip on

to criticize harshly

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Rip

Noun

Singular:

rip

Plural:

rips

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Rip

Origin of Rip

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
Borrowing from Latin RIP (requiescat in pace) and an initialism of English rest in peace.

From Wiktionary
Compare Icelandic hrip, a box or basket; perhaps akin to English corb. Compare ripier.

From Wiktionary
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