rip
/ɹˈɪp/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
verb
- tear or be torn violently
“The curtain ripped from top to bottom” - move precipitously or violently
“The tornado ripped along the coast” - cut (wood) along the grain
- take without the owner's consent
“Someone stole my wallet on the train” - criticize or abuse strongly and violently
“The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly”
noun
- a dissolute man in fashionable society
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
“there was a rip in his pants” - a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
“he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”
Synonyms for rip
Words that rhyme with rip
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