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ripping

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ripping 
  adj  :  resembling  a  sound  of  violent  tearing  as  of  something  ripped 
  apart  or  lightning  splitting  a  tree;  "the  tree  split 
  with  a  great  ripping  sound";  "heard  a  rending  roar  as 
  the  crowd  surged  forward"  [syn:  {rending},  {splitting}]




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