RIP | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of rip in English ripverb uk /rɪp/ us /rɪp/ -pp-

rip verb (TEAR)

Add to word list Add to word list B2 [ I or T ] to pull apart; to tear or be torn violently and quickly: His new trousers ripped when he bent down. I ripped my shirt on a nail. [ + obj + adj ] She excitedly ripped the package open. The wind ripped the flag to/into shreds (= into little pieces). C1 [ T + adv/prep ] to remove something quickly, without being careful: I wish the old fireplaces hadn't been ripped out. We ripped up the carpets and laid a new wooden floor.

• I've ripped my trousers - can you stitch them up for me?
• The sleeve of my jacket (got) caught on the door handle and ripped.
• Rip the basil leaves into pieces and sprinkle them over the salad.
• The eagle uses its beak to rip the meat from the carcass.
• She ripped her dress on a nail that was protruding from the bench.

Tearing and breaking into pieces

• apart
• asunder
• bobble
• bobbly
• break into pieces
• chip
• crack
• disintegration
• dismantle
• fall to pieces idiom
• fragment
• fragmentation
• shearing
• shred
• smash
• snag
• snap
• splinter
• split
• sunder

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Removing and extracting

rip verb (COPY)

[ T ] to copy pictures or sounds from a CD or DVD onto a computer: How do I rip a DVD movie to my hard drive? Copying and copies

• anti-counterfeiting
• anti-piracy
• ape
• apishly
• biomimicry
• emulous
• emulously
• facsimile of something
• faux
• follow someone's example
• miscopy
• mock-Tudor
• pattern
• pattern yourself on someone/something phrasal verb
• photocopiable
• take something off phrasal verb
• triplicate
• unduplicated
• virtualization
• warmed-over

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Computer concepts

Phrasal verbs

rip into sb/sth rip someone off rip something off rip through something rip something up ripnoun [ C ] uk /rɪp/ us /rɪp/ plural -pp-

rip noun [C] (TEAR)

a tear in a piece of cloth or paper: Your sleeve has a rip in it.   GOLFX/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Tearing and breaking into pieces

• apart
• asunder
• bobble
• bobbly
• break into pieces
• chip
• crack
• disintegration
• dismantle
• fall to pieces idiom
• fragment
• fragmentation
• shearing
• shred
• smash
• snag
• snap
• splinter
• split
• sunder

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rip noun [C] (COPY)

a copy of a CD or DVD that you make on a computer: illegal rips of copyrighted music Copying and copies

• anti-counterfeiting
• anti-piracy
• ape
• apishly
• biomimicry
• emulous
• emulously
• facsimile of something
• faux
• follow someone's example
• miscopy
• mock-Tudor
• pattern
• pattern yourself on someone/something phrasal verb
• photocopiable
• take something off phrasal verb
• triplicate
• unduplicated
• virtualization
• warmed-over

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Computer concepts RIPuk /ˌɑː.raɪˈpiː/ us /ˌɑːr.aɪˈpiː/ abbreviation for rest in peace See at rest verb (REMAIN) formal Gravestones and monuments

• bluestone
• cairn
• cenotaph
• colossus
• epitaph
• gravestone
• HJ
• marker
• memorial
• memorialize
• monolith
• monument
• rest
• rest in peace idiom
• Stonehenge
• the Eiffel Tower
• the Statue of Liberty
• tombstone
• triumphal arch
• Unknown Soldier

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Remembering people who have died (Definition of rip from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

rip | American Dictionary

ripverb us /rɪp/

rip verb (TEAR)

Add to word list Add to word list [ I/T ] -pp- to tear something quickly and with force, or to break apart something: [ T ] I ripped my sleeve. [ T ] The wind ripped the flag to shreds. [ M ] The letter made me so angry, I ripped it up. [ M ] He lost control of the car and it ripped down a fence. [ I/T ] -pp- To rip out something is to remove it: [ M ] The previous owner ripped out the fireplace.

rip verb (MOVE QUICKLY)

[ I always + adv/prep ] to move quickly or violently: A hurricane ripped through Rhode Island yesterday.

Phrasal verbs

rip into someone/something rip off someone/something (Definition of rip from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

rip | Business English

ripverb [ T ] uk /rɪp/ us -pp- Add to word list Add to word list IT to copy pictures or sounds from a CD or DVD onto a computer: rip sth onto sth PC users can rip digital music onto a PC.

Phrasal verb

rip sb off (Definition of rip from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rip

rip His own interest had been kindled by a recent exchange in which he, indeed, felt "ripped off" by one of his publishers. From the Cambridge English Corpus For those who follow this trail of rip-offs and unapologetic merchants of self-aggrandisement, there is nothing original here. From the Cambridge English Corpus When did she say how she ripped her dress? From the Cambridge English Corpus She is both a horsewoman and a cyclist, but while hunting, her skirt is ripped off in a fall and carried off by her steed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Shallow-water mats were ripped up and distributed as detrital matter by waves and currents to surrounding environments. From the Cambridge English Corpus During the first slow phase the cloud expands gradually as electrons are ripped off by the electric field of the laser pulse. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, a rhyming couplet like lip/rip is considerably less frequent than lip/zip or lip/tip. From the Cambridge English Corpus He was up in the tree when the boy on the bicycle ripped off the uh the pears. From the Cambridge English Corpus In a corner, one of the musicians, barefoot, was ripping various things into shreds, searching for (and finding) the sound of breaking bones. From the Cambridge English Corpus He is ripped out of his cities, neighbourhoods and farms (his historical environment), and he is thrown into the desert (his mythical environment). From the Cambridge English Corpus Lawbreakers were essentially those who left the public highways and trespassed or ripped wood from the roadside hedges and fences. From the Cambridge English Corpus Lower bedding planes are erosional, planar or scouring, and show erosional features; flute casts, tool marks, rip-up clasts. From the Cambridge English Corpus Lower bedding planes are erosional, planar or scouring and show erosional features; tool marks, flute casts, gutter casts, load casts, and rip-up clasts. From the Cambridge English Corpus They ripped tramway lines and placed municipal carts across the road to block the traffic. From the Cambridge English Corpus It was subsequently ripped out of the front of the book, almost certainly as a result of his conviction for treason in early 1601. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of rip These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of rip, RIP?

Translations of rip

in Chinese (Traditional) 撕破, 撕裂, 劃破… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 撕破, 撕裂, 划破… See more in Spanish rasgar, rasgarse, desgarrar… See more in Portuguese arrancar, rasgar, rasgo… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian फाटणे, काढून टाकणे, पटकन फार सावधपणा न बाळगता काढून टाकते… See more ～を引き裂く, 破る, （布や紙の）裂け目… See more yırtmak, yırtılmak, paramparça etmek… See more (se) déchirer, arracher, déchirure [feminine]… See more estripar, arrencar, estrip… See more scheuren, afrukken, openscheuren… See more விலகிச் செல்ல வேண்டும், வன்முறையாகவும் விரைவாகவும் கிழிக்கப்படுதல் அல்லது கிழித்தல், கவனமாக இல்லாமல்… See more फाड़ना, फटना, (कुछ जल्दी में हटाने के कारण) तोड़ना… See more ફાડવું, ફાટી જવું, કેટલાક ઉતાવળમાં દૂર કરવાને કારણે તૂટવું… See more rive, flænge, flå… See more riva[s] sönder, slita av (upp), reva… See more mengoyakkan, menarik keluar, lubang… See more reißen, aufreißen, der Riss… See more revne, rive, rive opp… See more چاک کرنا, پھٹنا, ہٹا دینا… See more рвати, здирати, розрив… See more చీల్చు/ హింసాత్మకంగా త్వరగా చీల్చు లేదా చీల్చబడు, జాగ్రత్తగా కాకుండా తొందరగా దేనినైనా తొలగించు… See more টেনে ফালাফালা করে ফেলা, হিংস্রভাবে এবং দ্রুতভাবে ছিঁড়ে ফেলা, অযত্নে কোনোকিছু দ্রুত উঠিয়ে ফেলা… See more roztrhnout (se), vytrhnout, roztrhnout… See more merobek, robekan… See more ฉีก, ดึงขึ้นอย่างแรงจนฉีกขาด, การฉีก… See more xé toạc, xé rách, lỗ thủng… See more drzeć, rozrywać, zgrywać… See more 찢다, (옷감이나 종이등이) 찢어진 곳… See more lacerare, strappare, strappo… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of rip

• rip-off
• rip rap
• riptide
• rip current
• rip-roaring
• rip into someone/something phrasal verb
• rip off someone/something phrasal verb

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• rip into someone/something phrasal verb
• rip off someone/something phrasal verb
• rip into sb/sth phrasal verb
• rip sb off phrasal verb
• rip something up phrasal verb
• rip someone off phrasal verb
• rip something off phrasal verb

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• RIP, at rest in peace idiom
• let rip/fly idiom
• tear/rip someone/something to shreds idiom
• rip/tear up the rulebook idiom

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    • rip (MOVE QUICKLY)
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