Rip - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart (syn: rent, snag, split, tear)
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something (syn: rent, split)
verb
pull the cooked chicken into strips
- take without the owner's consent (syn: rip off, steal)
- criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Extra examples
She ripped the fabric in half.
He ripped open the package.
The dog ripped the pillow to shreds .
The force of the explosion ripped a hole in the wall.
Her coat ripped when it caught on the doorknob.
I ripped the poster off the wall.
The sink had been ripped from the wall.
He ripped the page out of the magazine.
She ripped off her mask.
He ripped the letter from my hands.
Jim ripped the cover from the book.
The wind ripped the sail to pieces.
The photographs of the unpopular leader had been ripped down.
The criminals have ripped the telephone wires out.
See those lions ripping into the bodies of the animals that they have killed.
Phrasal verbs
rip out — remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
rip up — tear into shreds
Word forms
I/you/we/they: rip
he/she/it: rips
present participle: ripping
past tense: ripped
past participle: ripped
singular: rip
plural: rips
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