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  • 41ˈrip-ˌoff — noun [C] informal something that is more expensive than it should be …

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  • 42Rip van Winkle — noun 1. a person oblivious to social changes • Hypernyms: ↑traditionalist, ↑diehard 2. a person who sleeps a lot • Hypernyms: ↑sleeper, ↑slumberer 3. the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and… …

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  • 43rip panel — noun : a strip in the upper part of the fabric of a balloon or semirigid or nonrigid airship which is torn off when immediate deflation is desired …

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  • 44rip track — noun : a siding on which railroad cars are given minor repairs …

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  • 45rip — rip1 verb (rips, ripping, ripped) 1》 tear or pull forcibly away from something or someone.     ↘tear.     ↘(rip something up) tear something into small pieces. 2》 move forcefully and rapidly. 3》 (rip into) informal make a vehement verbal attack… …

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  • 46rip — 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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  • 47rip — {{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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  • 48tide rip — noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current • Syn: ↑rip, ↑riptide, ↑crosscurrent, ↑countercurrent • Hypernyms: ↑turbulence, ↑turbulency * * * n …

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  • 49rip — [rɪp] verb I 1) [I/T] to tear something quickly and with a lot of force, or to be torn in this way Stop pulling my shirt – it s going to rip.[/ex] Jodie ripped the letter open.[/ex] I ripped my jeans on a sharp nail.[/ex] 2) [T] to remove… …

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  • 50rip-off — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms rip off : singular rip off plural rip offs informal something that is more expensive than it should be Our meal in town was a complete rip off. rip off prices …

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