rip

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A wicker fish basket.

2. 2transitive verb

   To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.

3. 3transitive verb

   To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

4. 4transitive verb

   To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.

5. 5transitive verb

   To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

6. 6noun

   A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.

7. 7noun

   A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.

8. 8noun

   A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.

9. 9noun

   the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

   "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

   Synonyms

   rentsplit
10. 10noun

    a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

    Synonyms

    countercurrentcrosscurrentriptide
11. 11noun

    an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

    "there was a rip in his pants"

    "she had snags in her stockings"

    Synonyms

    rentsnagsplittear
12. 12noun

    a dissolute man in fashionable society

    Synonyms

    bloodprofligaterakerakehellroue
13. 13verb

    criticize or abuse strongly and violently

    "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

14. 14verb

    tear or be torn violently

    "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"

    "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

    Synonyms

    pullrendrive
15. 15verb

    cut (wood) along the grain

16. 16verb

    move precipitously or violently

    "The tornado ripped along the coast"