rip (n.)

  1. a dissolute man in fashionable society

    [ Syn: rake , rakehell , profligate , blood , roue ]

  2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings

    [ Syn: rent , snag , split , tear ]

  3. 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 ]

  4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; he gave the envelope a vigorous rip

    [ Syn: rent , split ]

    rip (v.)

  1. tear or be torn violently; The curtain ripped from top to bottom; pull the cooked chicken into strips

    [ Syn: rend , rive , pull ]

  2. move precipitously or violently; The tornado ripped along the coast'

  3. cut (wood) along the grain

  4. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly'

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