Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rip \Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to
E. corb. Cf. {Ripier}.]
A wicker fish basket.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ripped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ripping}.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax,
D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf.
{Raff}, {Ripple} of flax.]
1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --
commonly used with up, open, off.
2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
--Granville.
3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually
with up.
They ripped up all that had been done from the
beginning of the rebellion. --Clarendon.
For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out
in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise
nor comely. --Milton.
4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
{Ripping chisel} (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out
mortises. --Knight.
{Ripping iron}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Ravehook}.
{Ripping saw}. (Carp.) See {Ripsaw}.
{To rip out}, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,
to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See {To rap out}, under
{Rap}, v. t.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rip \Rip\, n.
1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear;
a place torn; laceration.
2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A
term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a
scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
[Slang.]
3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing
tides or currents.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rip
n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: {rake}, {profligate},
{blood}, {roue}]
2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
rip in his pants" [syn: {rent}, {split}, {tear}]
3: a stretch of turbulent water in the sea [syn: {riptide}, {tide
rip}, {crosscurrent}]
4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {split}]
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" [syn: {tear}]
3: cut (wood) along the grain
4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate
ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
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