rip

• enPR: rĭp, IPA^(key): /ɹɪp/

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• Rhymes: -ɪp

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”)),^{[1] [2]} causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub- (compare Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’,^[3] possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”)), variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”).^[4] More at reave, rob.

rip (third-person singular simple present rips, present participle ripping, simple past and past participle ripped)

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.

   to rip a garment; to rip up a floor

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.

   • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 21:33 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎^[2], archived from the original on 4 August 2022:

     On the other hand, HMS Colossus takes multiple hits from several battleships at once, having drifted closer to the German fleet than the rest of her squadron. She explodes as multiple magazine detonations rip the ship apart, and is lost with all hands.

2. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

   My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.

3. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
   • 1726, George Granville, Cleora:

     He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.

4. (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 3:

     “Wall,” said the landlord, fetching a long breath, “that’s a purty long sarmon for a chap that rips a little now and then. ..."

   • 2007, Roger Baker, Emotional Processing, page 136:

     On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people.

5. (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.

   Coordinate term: crosscut

6. (transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
7. (slang) To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.

   He spent the day ripping shots at the bar and ripping blunts at home.

   • 2019 July 15, Trevor Gundlach, Barstool Theology: Crafting the Good Life, Our Sunday Visitor, →ISBN:

     ... ripping shots of cheap liquor is the easiest way to reach intoxication. It is cheaper and less time-consuming than sharing a craft beer with a friend.

   • 2022 September 12, Brian W. Kelly, Wilkes-Barre: Return to Glory Iii: The City’s Return to Glory Begins with Dreams and Ideas, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

     "... ripping shots of Jack Daniel's and vomiting in the bathroom.”

8. (slang) To fart audibly.
9. (transitive, sometimes US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
10. (transitive, slang, chiefly demoscene) To steal; to rip off.
    • 2001, rex deathstar, “Opensource on demoscene”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

      opensource is a double-edged sword. while you have a chance of people using and improving on the code, you will also have the chance of lamers ripping it.

    • 2001, Maciej Mróz, “thoughts on code-sharing”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

      I don't really care if someone rips my 3d engine, rips effects code, or anything - simply because my 3d engine and effects will be far more advanced when someone manages to use my code.

    • 2002, Ray Norrish, “Barbarian demo circa 1988?”, in alt.emulators.amiga (Usenet):

      […] an old demo by some bods called "kellogs and donovan" which had ripped graphics from the game "Barbarian" […]

11. To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
12. (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
    • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:

      They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.

    • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:

      For brethren to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy […] is neither wise nor comely.

13. (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well.

• tear

• ripper

rip (plural rips)

1. A tear (in paper, etc.).
2. A type of strong, rough tide or current.
   1. (Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
      • 2000, Andrew Short, Beaches of the Queensland Coast: Cooktown to Coolangatta, page 38:

        Rhythmic beaches consist of a rhythmic longshore bar that narrows and deepens when the rip crosses the breaker, and in between broadens, shoals and approaches the shore. It does not, however, reach the shore, with a continuous rip feeder channel feeding the rips to either side of the bar.

      • 2005, Paul Smitz, Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring, Lonely Planet, page 466:

        Undertows (or ‘rips’) are the main problem. If you find yourself being carried out by a rip, the important thing to do is just keep afloat; don′t panic or try to swim against the rip, which will exhaust you. In most cases the current stops within a couple of hundred metres of the shore and you can then swim parallel to the shore for a short way to get out of the rip and make your way back to land.

      • 2010, Jeff Wilks, Donna Prendergast, Chapter 9: Beach Safety and Millennium Youth: Travellers and Sentinels, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, Tourism and Generation Y, page 100,

        Given that a large number of all rescues conducted by Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) occur in rips (a rip being a relatively narrow, seaward moving stream of water), this is critical surf-safety information (Surf Life Saving Australia, 2005).

3. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
4. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
5. (UK, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
6. (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
7. (computing, slang) Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

   Some of these CD rips don't sound very good: what bitrate did you use?

8. (slang) A fart.
9. (demoscene, slang) Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
   • 1995, Mark Treiber, “Ansi Artist Wanted!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

     Well that's because groups are now releaseing^[sic] music in their packs as well as vgas and rips. It^[sic] you check out some local area code groups I'm sure you'll find high quality ansi if the group is good enough.

   • 2000, Jerker Olofsson, “What to do about rippers....?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

     Scans and rips sucks, ofcourse^[sic]. But a graphician, redrawing a picture does make him less good. A pixeled image should be judged by the skills and originality in the picture, not by the motive.

10. (music, informal) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
11. Ellipsis of ripsaw (“saw for cutting wood along its grain”)..
12. (Canada, slang) A joyride.
    • 2015 September 29, Mason Buettner, “Grande Prairie Has It All When It Comes to Snowmobiling”, in SnoRidersWest.com‎^[3], Cranbrook, British Columbia: KPI Media, retrieved 29 January 2022:

      Camp at Kakwa Wildland Park staging area to hit the trails at first light or take a short drive from the city and go for a rip at the Big Mountain area.

    • 2020 July 17, Louie Rosella, “‘Go for a Rip’: Ferrari Driver Pulled Over After Hitting Nearly 100 km/h in Oakville Neighbourhood”, in InsideHalton.com‎^[4], Metroland Media Group, retrieved 29 January 2022:

      Halton Regional Police say the exotic sports car was clocked at 97 km/h in a posted 60 km/h zone in Oakville.

      Police say the driver rented the Ferrari and then allegedly decided to "go for a rip" in town before being pulled over by police near the rental car company.

• tear

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

rip (plural rips)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A wicker basket for fish.

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of rep (“reprobate”).

rip (plural rips)

1. (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag. [from 18th c.]
2. (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel. [from 18th c.]
   • 1922, The Saturday Review, volume 133, page 359:

     Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the Blank divorce case.

   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 76:

     If there were, in clubs and places where men talk, unpleasant rumours as to himself he preferred it to be thought that he was the rip, not his wife the strumpet.

rip (plural rips)

1. (Scotland) A handful of unthreshed grain.

rip

1. (Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of RIP

   lmfao rip your dms

• pir, irp, RPI, IPR, PRI, IRP, PIR, iPr

rip

1. imperative of ripe

• IPA^(key): /riːp/

Unknown. Possibly from Dutch or Frisian. Compare Old Norse ríp.

• ripa, ripe

rip f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural ripar or riper, definite plural ripane or ripene)

1. (nautical) gunwale

From the verb ripa.

rip n (definite singular ripet, indefinite plural rip, definite plural ripa)

1. a scratch

rip

1. imperative of ripa

• “rip” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• pir, RIP, R.I.P.

rīp

1. singular of imp

From English reef.

rip

1. reef

• drairip (“low tide”)