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  • 61Rip Van Winkle — /rɪp væn ˈwɪŋkəl/ (say rip van wingkuhl) noun 1. a person who sleeps a lot. 2. a person who is unaware of current trends or attitudes. {after a character in a story of the same name (1819), by Washington Irving, 1783–1859, US writer} …

  • 62rip-off — /ˈrɪp ɒf / (say rip of) noun an excessive charge or exorbitant price; swindle …

  • 63rip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. tear, split, rend, slit, sever, part. See disjunction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rent, cleavage, split; see cut 2 , tear . v. Syn. tear, rend, split, cleave, rive, shred; see also cut 1 . See Synonym …

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  • 64rip-off — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. *gyp, thievery, theft, stealing, cheat, larceny, fraud, robbery, gouging, swindle, *con. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. The crime of taking someone else s property without consent: larceny, pilferage,… …

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  • 65rip-off — 1) n an instance of theft, deception or unfair appropriation. It is now used in fairly mundane contexts, such as overcharg ing or plagiarism. The noun, like the verb, is from 1960s black argot in which it meant a robbery or a fraud. 2) adj (of… …

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  • 66tide-rip — /ˈtaɪd rɪp/ (say tuyd rip) noun a rip associated with tidal movements in water. {tide + rip2} …

  • 67tide rip — noun A body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents …

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  • 68Big Rip — noun One hypothetical end of the universe in which it expands at an increasing rate until all matter is torn apart …

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  • 69tide rip — noun an area of rough water typically caused by opposing tides or by a rapid current passing over an uneven bottom …

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  • 70af|ter|rip|en|ing — «AF tuhr RY puh nihng, AHF », noun. the further development of seeds or fruits by enzymatic action after harvesting or picking: »Other seeds will only begin to germinate after a certain period from harvesting has elapsed, this being generally… …

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