English noun: rip | |||
1. | rip (person) a dissolute man in fashionable society | ||
Synonyms | blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, roue | ||
Broader (hypernym) | debauchee, libertine, rounder | ||
2. | rip (object) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | ||
Samples | There was a rip in his pants. She had snags in her stockings. | ||
Synonyms | rent, snag, split, tear | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gap, opening | ||
3. | rip (event) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | turbulence, turbulency | ||
4. | rip (act) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | ||
Samples | He gave the envelope a vigorous rip. | ||
Synonyms | rent, split | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tear | ||
English verb: rip | |||
1. | rip (contact) tear or be torn violently | ||
Samples | The curtain ripped from top to bottom. Pull the cooked chicken into strips. | ||
Examples | They rip the sheets | ||
Synonyms | pull, rend, rive | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bust, rupture, snap, tear | ||
2. | rip (motion) move precipitously or violently | ||
Samples | The tornado ripped along the coast. | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear | ||
3. | rip (contact) cut (wood) along the grain | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
4. | rip (communication) criticize or abuse strongly and violently | ||
Samples | The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe | ||