rip

Pronunciation: /ɹɪp/

The English word “rip” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

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 tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
To remove violently or wrongly.
To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
To move quickly and destructively.
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.
To fart audibly.
To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
To steal; to rip off.
To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
To surf extremely well.
To be very good; rock

noun

A tear (in paper, etc.).
A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
A tract of broken water (in a river or stream), particularly one which is not as rough as rapids.
A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
A hit (dose) of marijuana.

Etymology

From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną, intensive of *raupijaną, causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-, variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”). See also West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen, also Old English rīpan, rīepan…

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