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RIP

abbr. Latin

requiescat in pace (may he rest in peace; may she rest in peace)

rip¹

(rĭp)

v. ripped, rip·ping, rips

v.tr.

a. To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically. See Synonyms at tear¹.

b. To cause to be pulled apart, as by an accident: He ripped his pants when he bent over.

2. To split or saw (wood) along the grain.

3. Computers To copy (audio or audio-visual material from) a CD or DVD.

4. To subject to vehement criticism or attack: The critic ripped the tedious movie.

5. Informal To produce, display, or utter suddenly: ripped out a vicious oath.

6. Vulgar Slang To expel (a discharge of intestinal gas).

v.intr.

1. To become torn or split apart.

2. Informal To move quickly or violently.

1. The act of ripping.

2. A torn or split place, especially along a seam.

3. A ripsaw.

Phrasal Verbs:

rip into

To attack or criticize vehemently: ripped into her opponent's political record.

rip off Slang

1. To steal from: thieves who ripped off the unsuspecting tourist.

2. To steal: ripped off a leather jacket while ostensibly trying on clothes.

3. To exploit, swindle, cheat, or defraud: a false advertising campaign that ripped off consumers.

Idiom:

let it/'er rip Informal

To allow something to start or happen with vigor or energy.

[Middle English rippen, from Flemish; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

rip²

(rĭp)

1. A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.

2. A rip current.

[Probably from rip.]

rip³

(rĭp)

1. A dissolute person.

2. An old or worthless horse.

[Possibly shortening and alteration of reprobate.]

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rip

(rɪp)

vb, rips, ripping or ripped

1. to tear or be torn violently or roughly; split or be rent

2. (tr; foll by off or out) to remove hastily, carelessly, or roughly: they ripped out all the old kitchen units.

3. (intr) informal to move violently or precipitously; rush headlong

4. informal (foll by: into) to pour violent abuse (on); make a verbal attack (on)

5. (Building) (tr) to saw or split (wood) in the direction of the grain

6. (Computer Science) (tr) informal computing to copy (music or software) without permission or making any payment

7. let rip to act or speak without restraint

8. the place where something is torn; a tear or split

9. (Tools) short for ripsaw

[C15: perhaps from Flemish rippen; compare Middle Dutch rippen to pull]

ˈrippable adj

rip

(rɪp)

(Physical Geography) short for riptide¹

[C18: perhaps from rip¹]

rip

(rɪp)

1. something or someone of little or no value

2. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an old worn-out horse

3. a dissolute character; reprobate

[C18: perhaps altered from rep, shortened from reprobate]

RIP

abbreviation for

requiescat or requiescant in pace

[Latin: may he, she, or they rest in peace]

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rip¹

(rɪp)

v. ripped, rip•ping,
n. v.t.

1. to cut or tear apart roughly or vigorously: to rip open a seam.

2. to cut or tear away roughly or vigorously: to rip bark from a tree.

3. to saw (wood) in the direction of the grain.

v.i.

4. to become torn apart or split open.

5. to move with violence or great speed.

6. rip into, to attack physically or verbally; assail.

7. rip off, Slang.

a. to steal.

b. to steal from, cheat, or exploit.

8. a rent made by ripping; tear.

Idioms:

let her or it rip, to allow something to go on without restraint.

[1470–80; obscurely akin to Frisian rippe, dial. Dutch rippen; compare dial. E ripple to scratch]

rip²

(rɪp)

n.

a stretch of turbulent water at sea or in a river.

[1765–75; compare rip¹, ripple]

rip³

(rɪp)

n.

a dissolute or worthless person.

[1770–80; probably alter. of rep, shortened form of reprobate]

RIP

or R.I.P.,

1. may he or she rest in peace.

[< Latin requiēscat in pāce]

2. may they rest in peace.

[< Latin requiēscant in pāce]

rip

Past participle: ripped
Gerund: ripping

Imperative
rip
rip

Present
I rip
you rip
he/she/it rips
we rip
you rip
they rip

Preterite
I ripped
you ripped
he/she/it ripped
we ripped
you ripped
they ripped

Present Continuous
I am ripping
you are ripping
he/she/it is ripping
we are ripping
you are ripping
they are ripping

Present Perfect
I have ripped
you have ripped
he/she/it has ripped
we have ripped
you have ripped
they have ripped

Past Continuous
I was ripping
you were ripping
he/she/it was ripping
we were ripping
you were ripping
they were ripping

Past Perfect
I had ripped
you had ripped
he/she/it had ripped
we had ripped
you had ripped
they had ripped

Future
I will rip
you will rip
he/she/it will rip
we will rip
you will rip
they will rip

Future Perfect
I will have ripped
you will have ripped
he/she/it will have ripped
we will have ripped
you will have ripped
they will have ripped

Future Continuous
I will be ripping
you will be ripping
he/she/it will be ripping
we will be ripping
you will be ripping
they will be ripping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ripping
you have been ripping
he/she/it has been ripping
we have been ripping
you have been ripping
they have been ripping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ripping
you will have been ripping
he/she/it will have been ripping
we will have been ripping
you will have been ripping
they will have been ripping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ripping
you had been ripping
he/she/it had been ripping
we had been ripping
you had been ripping
they had been ripping

Conditional
I would rip
you would rip
he/she/it would rip
we would rip
you would rip
they would rip

Past Conditional
I would have ripped
you would have ripped
he/she/it would have ripped
we would have ripped
you would have ripped
they would have ripped

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Noun	1.	rip - a dissolute man in fashionable society profligate, rake, rakehell, roue, blood debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
	2.	rip - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" rent, tear, snag, split opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
	3.	rip - a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current countercurrent, crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip turbulence, turbulency - unstable flow of a liquid or gas
	4.	rip - the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" rent, split tear - the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
Verb	1.	rip - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" rend, rive, pull rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
	2.	rip - move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
	3.	rip - cut (wood) along the grain cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"
	4.	rip - criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" lash out, attack, snipe, assail, assault, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

rip

verb

1. tear, cut, score, split, burst, rend, slash, hack, claw, slit, gash, lacerate I tried not to rip the paper.

2. be torn, tear, split, burst, be rent I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.

noun

1. tear, cut, hole, split, rent, slash, slit, cleavage, gash, laceration She looked at the rip in her new dress.

rip someone off (Slang) cheat, trick, rob, con (informal), skin (slang), stiff (slang), steal from, fleece, defraud, dupe, swindle, diddle (informal), do the dirty on (Brit. informal), gyp (slang), cozen Ticket touts ripped them off.

rip something off (Slang) steal, pinch (informal), swipe (slang), thieve, lift (informal), trouser (slang), cabbage (Brit. slang), knock off (slang), pilfer, filch He ripped off a camera and a Game Boy.

rip something or someone apart criticize, condemn, censure, disparage, knock (informal), blast, pan (informal), slam (slang), flame (informal), carp, put down, slate (informal), have a go (at) (informal), disapprove of, tear into (informal), diss (slang, chiefly U.S.), find fault with, nag at, lambast(e), pick holes in, excoriate, pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, animadvert on or upon, pass strictures upon The audience ripped her apart.

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rip

verb

1. To separate or pull apart by force:

rend, rive, run, split, tear.

2. Informal. To move swiftly:

bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

phrasal verb
rip into

To criticize harshly and devastatingly:

blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, scarify, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap, slash.

Informal: roast.

Slang: slam.

Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.

phrasal verb
rip off

1. Slang. To take (another's property) without permission:

filch, pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.

Informal: lift, swipe.

Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, snitch.

Idiom: make off with.

2. Slang. To exploit (another) by charging too much for something:

fleece, overcharge.

Slang: clip, gouge, nick, scalp, skin, soak.

Idioms: make someone pay through the nose, take someone for a ride , take someone to the cleaners .

noun

A hole made by tearing:

rent, run, tear.

Translations

ثَقْب، فَتْق، تَمْزيقيَفْتَح المُغَلَّفيُمَزِّقيـُمَزِّقُ

párat (se)roztrhnoutroztrženívytrhnout

flåflængehulriverive i stykker

reißenRIFrippen Riss zerreißen

σκίζω

rasgar desgarrar rasgadura desgarro desgarrón

repiä

déchirer déchirure REP riperripper

poderati

rífa upp, rifnarífa, rifnarifa; saumspretta

strappare strappo crepatura fregare lacerare

引き裂く

(물건을) 잡아 찢다

atplėštiįplėšaperplėštiperplyšti

atplēstcaurumsnoplēstpārplēstpārplīst

inR.I.P.rust scheuren vrede

bli revet av bli revet opp rive rive opp

rozrywać

rasgar

рвать

roztrhnúťroztrhnutie

razparatitrgati se

riva

ฉีก

çekip yırtmakdelikkopartmaksökmekyırt mak

xé toạc

剥落扯裂撕撕坏裂口

RIP

ABBR =requiescat in pace (= may he etc rest in peace) → q.e.p.d., D.E.P., E.P.D.

rip

[rɪp]

A. N → rasgón m, desgarrón m

B. VT → rasgar, desgarrar
to rip open [+ envelope, parcel, wound] → abrir desgarrando
to rip sth to pieces → hacer algo trizas

C. VI

1. [cloth] → rasgarse, desgarrarse

2. (fig) to rip along → volar, ir a todo gas
to let rip → desenfrenarse
to let rip at sb → arremeter contra algn
let her rip! → ¡más rápido!, ¡más gas!

rip off VT + ADV

1. (lit) → arrancar

2. (= overcharge, cheat) → estafar

3. (= steal) [+ object] → pulir, birlar; (= copy) [+ idea, book, film] → calcar, plagiar

rip out VT + ADV → arrancar

rip through VI + PREP the fire/explosion ripped through the house → el incendio/la explosión arrasó la casa
the jet ripped through the sky → el jet surcaba veloz el cielo

rip up VT + ADV → hacer pedazos
the train ripped up 100 metres of track → el tren destrozó 100 metros de la vía

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RIP

[ˌɑːraɪˈpiː] abbr (=rest in peace) → RIP

rip

[ˈrɪp]

n (= tear) → déchirure f

vt (= tear) → déchirer
I've ripped my jeans → J'ai déchiré mon jean.
to rip sth to pieces → déchirer qch en mille morceaux

(= tear) [fabric, garment, bag] → se déchirer
My skirt's ripped → Ma jupe s'est déchirée.

(= pull) → arracher
He ripped the phone from her hand → Il lui arracha le téléphone.

to let rip (= let o.s. go) → se défouler; (with anger) → se déchaîner
to let rip at sb → se déchaîner contre qn

rip off

vt sep

(= cheat) → arnaquer
The hotel ripped us off → L'hôtel nous a arnaqués.
to get ripped off → se faire arnaquer

(= tear off) [+ shirt, clothes] → arracher; [+ roof] → arracher

(= steal) [+ film, creation] → plagier
to rip off sb's idea → piquer une idée à qn

rip out

vt sep [+ page, wiring, heart] → arracher

rip up

vt sep → déchirer
He read the note and then ripped it up → Il a lu le mot, puis l'a déchiré.

RIP

abbr of requiescatorrequiescant in pace → R.I.P.

rip

n → Riss m; (made by knife etc) → Schlitz m

material, clothes → einen Riss machen in (+acc); (stronger) → zerreißen; (= vandalize) pictures etc → zerschlitzen; you’ve ripped your jacket → du hast einen Riss in der Jacke, du hast dir die Jacke zerrissen; to rip something down the middle → etw mitten durchreißen; to rip open → aufreißen; (with knife) → aufschlitzen

to rip one (US) inf: (= break wind) → einen (fahren) lassen (inf)

(cloth, garment) → reißen

(inf) the car rips along → der Wagen rast dahin; let her rip! → volle Pulle! (inf); to let rip → loslegen (inf); he let rip (with) a stream of complaints → er hat einen Schwall Beschwerden vom Stapel gelassen (inf); he let rip at me → er ist auf mich losgegangen (inf)

rip

rip-rap

n (Build) → Steinbettung f, → Steinschüttung f

rip-roaring

adj (inf) → sagenhaft (inf)

ripsaw

n (Tech) → Spaltsäge f

riptide

n → Kabbelung f

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RIP

[ˌɑːraɪˈpiː] abbr =rest in peace → R.I.P.

rip

[rɪp]

1. n → strappo

2. vt → strappare
to rip sth to pieces → stracciare in mille pezzi qc
to rip open → strappare (per aprire)

3. vi → strapparsi
to let rip (fig) → scatenarsi
to let rip at sb → dirne di tutti di colori a qn

rip off vt + adv

a. → strappare

b. (fam) (overcharge) → pelare; (cheat) → fregare

rip up vt + adv → stracciare

rip

(rip) – past tense, past participle ripped – verb

1. to make or get a hole or tear in by pulling, tearing etc. He ripped his shirt on a branch; His shirt ripped.

2. to pull (off, up etc) by breaking or tearing. The roof of the car was ripped off in the crash; to rip up floorboards; He ripped open the envelope.

noun

a tear or hole. a rip in my shirt.

rip

→ يـُمَزِّقُ párat (se) rive i stykker zerreißen σκίζω rasgar repiä déchirer poderati strappare 引き裂く (물건을) 잡아 찢다 scheuren rive rozrywać rasgar рвать riva ฉีก yırtmak xé toạc 撕

rip

v. rasgar, desgarrar.

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