rip meaning and definition

RIP noun

Definition of rip (noun)

1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
   • synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, roue
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
   • "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: countercurrent, crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip
4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
   • "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
   • synonyms: rent, split

RIP verb

Definition of rip (verb)

1. tear or be torn violently
   • "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
   • synonyms: pull, rend, rive
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"