English Dictionary: rip | by the DICT Development Group |
6 results for rip | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ripping}.] [Cf. AS. r[ymac]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf. {Raff}, {Ripple} of flax.] 1. 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. 2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart. --Granville. 3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up. They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion. --Clarendon. For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely. --Milton. 4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber. {Ripping chisel} (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises. --Knight. {Ripping iron}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Ravehook}. {Ripping saw}. (Carp.) See {Ripsaw}. {To rip out}, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See {To rap out}, under {Rap}, v. t. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rip \Rip\, n. 1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration. 2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [Slang.] 3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rip \Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. corb. Cf. {Ripier}.] A wicker fish basket. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
rip v. 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a "CD ripper". 2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that they have been compiled/assembled into, or which generates them at run-time. In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through memory shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years and probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense 1. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
RIP 1. 2. (2003-09-10) |