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KK Pronunciation

〔 rIp 〕

Pronunciation

〔 rip 〕


Overview of noun rip

The noun rip has 4 senses


  • rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue -- (a dissolute man in fashionable society)

  • rip, rent, snag, split, tear -- (an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings")

  • rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent -- (a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current)

  • rent, rip, split -- (the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip")


Overview of verb rip

The verb rip has 4 senses


  • rend, rip, rive, pull -- (tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")

  • rip -- (move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast")

  • rip -- (cut (wood) along the grain)

  • rip -- (criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly")