ripper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ripper	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ripper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ripper n a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripper \Rip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool. 2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates. 3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or {Riparian}.] (O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [Obs.] But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper of his fish. --Beau. & Fl.