Definitions for the word "rip" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A wicker fish basket.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. abbr.
May he, she, or they rest in peace. [latin requiesca(n)t in pace]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
10. v.
(-pp-) 1 tear or cut (a thing) quickly or forcibly away or apart (ripped out the lining). 2 a make (a hole etc.) By ripping. B make a long tear or cut in. 3 come violently apart; split. 4 rush along. n. 1 long tear or cut. 2 act of ripping. let rip colloq. 1 (allow to) proceed or act without restraint or interference. 2 speak violently. Rip into colloq. Attack (a person) verbally. Rip off colloq. 1 swindle. 2 steal. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. n.
Stretch of rough water caused by meeting currents. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. n.
1 dissolute person; rascal. 2 worthless horse. [origin uncertain]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
a rake, “an old RIP,” an old libertine, or a debauchee.
Corruption of REPROBATE.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
14. slang
to go at a rare pace. This is an American term, and often means
to burst up. “Let her RIP, I’m insured.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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