ripping
/'ripiɳ/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Making or resembling a violent tearing sound: Describes a loud, harsh, and destructive sound, as if something is being torn apart forcefully.
- (British informal, dated) Excellent, splendid, very enjoyable: Used to express strong approval or admiration for something.
Usage
- Adjective (Sound):
- The ripping noise of the fabric startled everyone.
- We heard the ripping sound of metal as the car crashed.
- Adjective (Informal, British):
- We had a ripping time at the seaside.
- That's a ripping good idea!
Advanced Usage
- "ripping yarn": (British, dated) An exciting, thrilling, and well-told adventure story.
- He told us a real ripping yarn about his travels in the jungle.
Variants and Related Words
- Rip (verb): To tear or pull something apart quickly and forcefully.
- He ripped the paper in half.
- Rip (noun): A long tear or cut.
- There's a rip in my jeans.
Synonyms
- For the sound meaning: rending, tearing, splitting, shredding.
- For the informal meaning: splendid, excellent, superb, marvelous, smashing (British informal).
Phrasal Verbs
- Rip into (someone/something): To criticize someone or something very severely.
- The manager ripped into the team for their poor performance.
- Rip off: To cheat someone by charging too much money; to steal an idea.
- They ripped us off! This meal is far too expensive.
- That film just rips off the plot of an older classic.
Related Idioms
- Let rip: To do something with great force or energy; to speak or express emotions very freely and loudly.
- He let rip with a furious tirade.
- On the empty road, she let rip and drove as fast as she could.
Adjective
- resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree
- the tree split with a great ripping sound
- heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward