rip
/rip/
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Definition
Noun:
- A tear or split in a material: A long cut or opening in something like fabric, paper, or skin, often caused by forceful tearing.
- A stretch of turbulent water: An area of rough, churning water in a river or sea, often caused by conflicting currents or tides.
- A dissolute or immoral person: (Informal) A person who lives in a wild, irresponsible, or immoral way.
Verb:
- To tear something quickly or violently: To pull or tear something apart or away with force, often causing a sharp sound.
- To move very quickly and forcefully: To go or proceed with great speed and energy, often in a destructive or uncontrolled manner.
- To criticize someone harshly: To attack or denounce someone verbally with great intensity.
- To cut or split wood along its grain: To saw or split wood in the direction of its natural grain.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- There was a long rip in the canvas of the tent.
- The swimmers were warned about the dangerous rip near the shore.
- He was known around town as a bit of a rip.
Verb:
- She accidentally ripped her dress on a nail.
- The sports car ripped along the empty highway.
- The critic ripped the author's new novel in the newspaper review.
- To make the planks, they first rip the logs with a saw.
Advanced Usage
- "to let it rip": To allow something to proceed or operate at full speed, power, or intensity without restraint.
- When the road was clear, he let the engine rip.
- "to rip into someone/something": To criticize or attack someone or something verbally with great force and anger.
- The manager ripped into the team for their poor performance.
Variants and Related Words
- Ripped (adj): (Informal) Having well-defined muscles; very muscular.
- He works out every day to stay ripped.
- Rip-off (n): (Informal) Something that is grossly overpriced; a fraud or swindle.
- Fifty dollars for that shirt? What a rip-off!
- Ripcord (n): A cord pulled to open a parachute.
- Riptide (n): Another term for a dangerous current or "rip" in the water.
Synonyms
- Tear (v): To pull apart or into pieces.
- Rend (v): (Literary) To tear something into pieces violently.
- Shred (v): To tear or cut into small strips.
- Scoundrel (n): A dishonest or unscrupulous person (similar to the noun form meaning a dissolute person).
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Rip apart:
- To tear something into pieces.
- The dog ripped the pillow apart.
- To cause severe emotional distress or conflict.
- The scandal ripped the family apart.
- Rip off:
- To tear something away by force.
- He ripped off the bandage.
- (Informal) To steal from someone or charge them far too much money.
- The taxi driver tried to rip me off.
- Rip out:
- To remove something by tearing it violently.
- They had to rip out the old carpet.
- To utter something suddenly and forcefully.
- He ripped out a string of curses.
Related Idioms
- Let her rip: An instruction to start something or allow it to proceed at full speed.
- Everything's ready. Start the engine and let her rip!
- Rip to shreds: To criticize something very severely or thoroughly.
- The committee ripped his proposal to shreds.
Noun
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
- 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
- there was a rip in his pants
- she had snags in her stockings
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
Verb
- criticize or abuse strongly and violently
- The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
- cut (wood) along the grain
- move precipitously or violently
- The tornado ripped along the coast
- tear or be torn violently
- The curtain ripped from top to bottom
- pull the cooked chicken into strips