ripper (noun)
1ripper — (n.) 1610s, agent noun from RIP (Cf. rip) (v.). Meaning killer who mutilates his victims (1890) is from Jack the Ripper, notorious London murderer, whose nickname contains a pun on ripper in sense of tool for ripping old slates, etc. (1823) and… …
2ripper — noun Ripper is used after these nouns: ↑CD, ↑DVD …
3ripper — noun 1》 a person or thing that rips. 2》 informal, chiefly Austral. a thing that is particularly excellent. adjective informal, chiefly Austral. excellent: everyone had a ripper time …
4ripper — noun Date: 1611 1. one that rips; especially a machine used to break up solid material (as rock or ore) 2. an excellent example or instance of its kind …
5ripper — noun /ˈrɪpə,ˈrɪpɚ/ a) Something that rips (something). b) Someone who rips (something) …
6ripper — UK [ˈrɪpə(r)] / US [ˈrɪpər] noun [countable] Word forms ripper : singular ripper plural rippers computing a program used to copy digital music from a CD onto a computer before changing it into a form that can be stored as a computer file …
7ripper — /ˈrɪpə / (say ripuh) noun 1. someone or something that rips. 2. an excavating device, usually on the back of a bulldozer, used for breaking up rock. 3. Computers a software program that rips (rip1 def. 5). 4. Colloquial a killer who violently… …
8ripper — rip|per [ rıpər ] noun count COMPUTING a computer program that moves sound from a CD to a computer …
9Jack the Ripper — noun an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century • Instance Hypernyms: ↑murderer, ↑liquidator, ↑manslayer * * * Jack the Ripper [Jack the Ripper] the name given to an unknown man who murdered and cut up several prostitutes in… …
10bodice ripper — noun a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated • Hypernyms: ↑romance * * * noun : a historical or Gothic romance typically featuring scenes in which the heroine is subjected to violence * * * Informal. a modern… …
