rip
Speech parts
1. rip - Noun
2. rip - Verb
3. rip - Interjection
4. Rip - Proper noun
Meaning
A wicker fish basket.
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.
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.
To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
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When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.
We don't mind being ripped apart, but don't rip the songs apart. They're like our kids.
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.
May your clothes rip and wear out, but may you live on in good health and fulfillment.
Wenn de Appel rîp is, sau felt he.