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9 definitions found 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 1.6 [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" [syn: {rend}, {rive}, {pull}] 2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast" [syn: {tear}] 3: cut (wood) along the grain From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: rip v. 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD Software that does this is often called a "CD ripper". 2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that they have been compiled/assembled into or which generates them at run-time. In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through memory shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years and probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense 1. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: RIP {Routing Information Protocol} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: RIP Raster Image Processor (DTP) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: RIP Routing Information Protocol (BSD, IGP, RFC 1721, IP) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: RIP Remote Imaging Protocol (BBS)
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