ˈrip-off

  • 71rip — rip1 [rıp] v past tense and past participle ripped present participle ripping [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Flemish rippen to tear off roughly ] 1.) [I and T] to tear something or be torn quickly and violently ▪ Her clothes had all been …

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  • 72rip — rip1 [ rıp ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to tear something quickly and with a lot of force: Jodie ripped the letter open. Stop pulling my shirt you ll rip it. rip something to shreds (=destroy something completely by tearing it): Her skirt was ripped …

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  • 73rip — I UK [rɪp] / US verb Word forms rip : present tense I/you/we/they rip he/she/it rips present participle ripping past tense ripped past participle ripped ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to tear something quickly and with a lot of force Jodie… …

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  • 74rip — {{11}}rip (n1.) rough water, 1775, perhaps a special use of RIP (Cf. rip) (v.). Originally of seas; application to rivers is from 1857. Rip tide (also riptide) is attested from 1862 but isn t a tide. {{12}}rip (n2.) thing of little value, 1815,… …

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  • 75rip — [[t]rɪ̱p[/t]] rips, ripping, ripped 1) V ERG When something rips or when you rip it, you tear it forcefully with your hands or with a tool such as a knife. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions... [V n] I tried not to rip …

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  • 76rip — rip1 rippable, adj. /rip/, v., ripped, ripping, n. v.t. 1. to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet. 2. to cut or tear away in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip bark from a tree. 3. to saw (wood)… …

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  • 77rip — I. /rɪp / (say rip) verb (ripped, ripping) –verb (t) 1. to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner; slash; slit. 2. to cut or tear away in a rough or vigorous manner. 3. to saw (wood) in the direction of the grain. 4. Also, rip up. to… …

  • 78rip — 1. n. a drinking bout. (See also tear.) □ All four of them went out on a rip. □ Fred had another rip last night. He’s rotten now. 2. n. the loot from a rip off. □ I want my share of the rip, now! …

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  • 79Rip — For the abbreviation or acronym RIP, please see RIP. The term rip may refer to: * Rest in Peace, tombstone engraving * Ripoff or rip off, a bad deal * Rip Chords, Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher, instrumental in the development of surf rock *… …

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  • 80rip — v 1. tear, rend, tear apart, put asunder, shred; cut, slit, slash, lacerate; rupture, separate, sever, dissever, cleave; split, rive, divide, halve, cut in two, quarter; hack, gash, gore, score. 2. tear off, pull off, detach, remove, unfix,… …

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