1. rip - noun
· a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonym(s): rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue
Hypernym(s): libertine, debauchee, rounder
2. rip - noun
· an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
Synonym(s): rent, snag, split, tear
3. rip - noun
· a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Synonym(s): riptide, tide_rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent
Hypernym(s): turbulence, turbulency
4. rip - noun
· the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
Hypernym(s): tear
5. rip - verb
· tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
Hypernym(s): tear, rupture, snap, bust
6. rip - verb
· move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
Hypernym(s): tear, shoot, shoot_down, charge, buck
7. rip - verb
· cut (wood) along the grain
Hypernym(s): cut
8. rip - verb
· take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
Hypernym(s): take
9. rip - verb
· criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
Hypernym(s): attack, round, assail, lash_out, snipe, assault
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