Definition: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Usage: he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
Main entry: rip, riptide, tide rip, countercurrent, crosscurrent
Definition: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Main entry: rip, rent, split, snag, tear
Definition: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Usage: there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings
Main entry: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
Definition: a dissolute man in fashionable society
Main entry: rip
Definition: criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Usage: The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
Main entry: rend, rip, rive, pull
Definition: tear or be torn violently
Usage: The curtain ripped from top to bottom; pull the cooked chicken into strips
Main entry: rip
Definition: cut (wood) along the grain
Main entry: rip
Definition: move precipitously or violently
Usage: The tornado ripped along the coast