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Meaning of rip

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rip
      n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: {rake},
           {rakehell}, {profligate}, {rip}, {blood}, {roue}]
      2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
         rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
         {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {split}, {tear}]
      3: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by
         one current flowing into or across another current [syn:
         {rip}, {riptide}, {tide rip}, {crosscurrent},
         {countercurrent}]
      4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
         gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {rip},
         {split}]
      v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
           bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn:
           {rend}, {rip}, {rive}, {pull}]
      2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along
         the coast"
      3: cut (wood) along the grain
      4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate
         ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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