rip
/ɹɪp/ verb B2- 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
- To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. · My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
- To remove violently or wrongly. · A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
- To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
- To move quickly and destructively. · The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.
- To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
- To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- 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.
He/she/it rips · Past ripped · Past participle ripped · -ing form ripping
Verb forms
- Base form
- rip
- He/she/it
- rips
- Past
- ripped
- Past participle
- ripped
- -ing form
- ripping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- rip along To rush headlong.
- rip apart To be destroyed due to the malevolent actions of others.
- rip down To dismantle or demolish (something).
- rip into To verbally attack or criticise.
- rip off To pull off by ripping.
- rip on To mock; to ridicule.
- rip out To remove by ripping
- rip up To destroy by ripping.
From the library
I am more likely to give help than to ask it”--Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue, ripping-chisel talons at the end of it--“still I should like to know.”
“I tore up several of my shirts, and ripped out the seams in the sheets of my bed, during my three years’ imprisonment at Fenestrelle; and when I was removed to the Château d’If, I managed to bring the ravellings with me, so that I have been able to finish my work here.”
He had ripped up my trousers with his pocket-knife.
I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them.
Other matches
- rip A worthless horse C2
- rip A tear C2
- RIP Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by whi... C2
- RIP Expressing disappointment at the fact that some... C2
- rip along To rush headlong.
- rip apart To be destroyed due to the malevolent actions o...
- rip down To dismantle or demolish
- rip into To verbally attack or criticise.
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