rip

1. a dissolute man in fashionable society

synset: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue

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

synset: rip, 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

synset: rip, riptide, tide_rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent

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

synset: rent, rip, split

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

synset: rend, rip, rive, pull

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

3. cut (wood) along the grain

4. take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

synset: steal, rip_off, rip

5. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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