rip

Meaning

Verb

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.
2. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
3. (transitive) To remove violently or wrongly.
4. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To move quickly and destructively.
6. To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
7. (slang, transitive) To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
8. (slang) To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.
9. (slang) To fart audibly.
10. (US, slang, sometimes, transitive) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
11. (slang, transitive) To steal; to rip off.
12. To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
13. (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
14. (intransitive, slang) To surf extremely well.
15. (intransitive, slang) To be very good; rock

Noun

1. A tear (in paper, etc.).
2. (Australia, New-Zealand) A type of strong, rough tide or current.
3. (in-plural) A type of strong, rough tide or current.
4. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
5. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
6. (UK) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
7. (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
8. (slang) Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
9. (slang) A fart.
10. (slang) Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
11. (informal) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of ripsaw (“saw for cutting wood along its grain”).
13. (Canada, slang) A joyride.

Noun

1. (colloquial, dated, regional) A worthless horse; a nag.
2. (colloquial, dated, regional) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.

Noun

A handful of unthreshed grain.

Intj

Alternative letter-case form of RIP.

Synonyms

tear

split

rend

rent

crack

rive

lacerate

cut

break

roue

shred

profligate

assault

pull

riptide

assail

slit

snag

tear up

tide rip

strafe

divide

tear off

scratch

separate

chop

cleave

countercurrent

rake

rakehell

attack

👊

crosscurrent

libertine

tear open

unrip

tug

steal

cleft

blood

🩸

destroy

claw

debauchee

current

nick

hew

burst

fissure

slash

criticize

creep

Translations

déchirer

strappare

scheuren

zerreißen

reißen

rasgar

lacerare

rasgar

romper

strappo

fendre

zerstören

rijten

teilen

Riss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rippen

Cognate with Western Frisian: rippe

Cognate with Low German: ruppen

Cognate with German: rupfen

Cognate with Old English: rīpan

Cognate with German: raufen

Cognate with Albanian: rrabe

Cognate with Latin: rubus

Cognate with Icelandic: hrip

In summary

From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną (compare West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen), intensive of *raupijaną (compare Old English rīpan, rīepan (“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 *Hrewp- (“to break”). More at reave, rob.