a dissolute man in fashionable society
[ Syn: rake , rakehell , profligate , blood , roue ]
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
[ Syn: riptide , tide rip , crosscurrent , countercurrent ]
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
rip (n.)
tear or be torn violently; The curtain ripped from top to bottom; pull the cooked chicken into strips
move precipitously or violently; The tornado ripped along the coast'
cut (wood) along the grain
criticize or abuse strongly and violently; The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly'