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21rip-off — noun the act of stealing • Syn: ↑heist • Derivationally related forms: ↑rip off, ↑heist (for: ↑heist) • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑ …
22rip-pan|el — «RIHP PAN uhl», noun. a part in the bag of a balloon or airship that can be ripped to let gas escape for a quick descent …
23rip|en|er — «RY puh nuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that comes to ripeness. 2. a person or thing that causes ripening …
24rip|per — «RIHP uhr», noun. 1. a person who rips. 2. a tool for ripping. 3. Also, ripper law, bill, or act. U.S. a law taking away the power of appointment to office from its usual holders and conferring it on a chief executive, such as the President or a… …
25rip|pler — «RIHP luhr», noun. 1. a person who ripples. 2. = ripple. (Cf. ↑ripple) …
26rip|plet — «RIHP liht», noun. a little ripple …
27rip|rap — «RIHP RAP», noun, verb, rapped, rap|ping. –n. 1. a wall or foundation of broken stones thrown together irregularly. 2. broken stones so used. –v.t. to build or strengthen with loose, broken stones. ╂[American English, reduplication of rap1, or r …
28rip|saw — «RIHP S», noun. a saw with large, coarse teeth, used for cutting wood along the grain, not across the grain …
29rip|snort|er — «RIHP SNR tuhr», noun. Informal. 1. a thing that is unusually violent: »The new quake has an intensity of five, which is termed as “destructive, but not a ripsnorter” (Wall Street Journal). 2. a person who becomes violent or unusually angry.… …
30Rip|u|ar|i|an — «RIHP yu AIR ee uhn», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of or having to do with the ancient Franks who lived along the Rhine in the area around Cologne. 2. of or having to do with the code of laws observed by them. –n. a Ripuarian Frank. ╂[< Medieval… …
