rip

1. (verb) cut (wood) along the grain
Related Words: cut

2. (verb) move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
Synonyms: tear
Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel

3. (noun) a stretch of turbulent water in the sea
Synonyms: crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip
Related Words: turbulence, turbulency

4. (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"
Synonyms: rent, split, tear
Related Words: gap, opening

5. (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
Synonyms: rent, split
Related Words: tear

6. (verb) tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
Synonyms: pull, rend, rive
Related Words: bust, rupture, snap, tear

7. (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, roue
Related Words: debauchee, dissolute person, libertine



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