RIP (ripped, ripping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does rip mean?
• RIP (noun)
The noun RIP has 4 senses:
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
3. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Familiarity information: RIP used as a noun is uncommon.
• RIP (verb)
The verb RIP has 4 senses:
1. tear or be torn violently
2. move precipitously or violently
3. cut (wood) along the grain
4. criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Familiarity information: RIP used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RIP (noun)
Meaning:
A dissolute man in fashionable society
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
roue; profligate; rake; rakehell; rip; blood
Hypernyms ("rip" is a kind of...):
debauchee; libertine; rounder (a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained)
Meaning:
An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
tear; rip; rent; snag; split
Context examples:
there was a rip in his pants / she had snags in her stockings
Hypernyms ("rip" is a kind of...):
gap; opening (an open or empty space in or between things)
Meaning:
A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
countercurrent; crosscurrent; riptide; tide rip; rip
Hypernyms ("rip" is a kind of...):
turbulence; turbulency (unstable flow of a liquid or gas)
Meaning:
The act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
rent; rip; split
Context example:
he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Hypernyms ("rip" is a kind of...):
tear (the act of tearing)
• RIP (verb)
Meaning:
Tear or be torn violently
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
rend; rip; rive; pull
Context examples:
The curtain ripped from top to bottom / pull the cooked chicken into strips
Hypernyms (to "rip" is one way to...):
bust; rupture; snap; tear (separate or cause to separate abruptly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They rip the sheets
Meaning:
Move precipitously or violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The tornado ripped along the coast
Hypernyms (to "rip" is one way to...):
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Cut (wood) along the grain
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rip" is one way to...):
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
Hypernyms (to "rip" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
