rip
v.
tear, rend; be torn, be rent; criticize sharply, denounce
Ripped
rip
Noun
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
(synonym) rake, profligate, blood, roue
(hypernym) libertine, debauchee, rounder
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
(synonym) rent, snag, split, tear
(hypernym) opening, gap
(derivation) rend, rive, pull
3. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
(synonym) riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent
(hypernym) turbulence, turbulency
4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
(synonym) rent, split
(hypernym) tear
(derivation) rend, rive, pull
Verb
1. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
(synonym) rend, rive, pull
(hypernym) tear, rupture, snap, bust
(derivation) rent, split
2. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
(hypernym) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
3. cut (wood) along the grain
(hypernym) cut
4. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
(hypernym) attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
Ripped
(imp. & p. p.)
of Rip
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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