From en.wiktionary.org:
[Rip]
** English
right
*** Pronunciation
- [rĭp] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from earlier [enm], ultimately from [en], [gem-pro] (compare [fy],
[fy], [fy], [fy], Dutch dialectal [nl], [nds], [nds-de], [de]), intensive of
[gem-pro] (compare [ang], [ang], [fy], [de]),[1] [2] causative of [en]
(compare [sq] ‘maquis’,[3] possibly [la]), variant of [ine-pro].[4] More at
reave, rob.
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy , such as paper or fabric ), by cut ting or tear ing; to tear off or out by violence .
2. * [chapter=1]
3. * [chapter=Foreword]
4. * [en]
5. [en] To tear apart ; to rapidly become two parts.
6. [en] To remove violently or wrongly.
7. * [en]
8. [en] To get by, or as if by, cut ting or tear ing.
9. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1726 | author=w:George Granville | title=Cleora
|passage=He'll RIP the fatal secret from her heart.}}
1. [en] To move quickly and destructively .
2.. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | author=Roger Baker | title=Emotional Processing | page=136
|passage=On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire RIPPED through the
escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty
people.}}
1. [en] To cut wood along ( parallel to) the grain .
2. [en] To copy data from a CD , DVD , Internet stream , etc., to a hard drive , portable device , etc.
3. [en] To take a hit , dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana ) or alcohol .
4. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2019-07-15 | author=Trevor Gundlach | title=Barstool Theology: Crafting the Good Life | publisher=Our Sunday Visitor | isbn=9781681923581
|text=... RIPPING shots of cheap liquor is the easiest way to reach
intoxication. It is cheaper and less time-consuming than sharing a craft beer
with a friend.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | date=2022-09-12 | author=Brian W. Kelly | title=Wilkes-Barre: Return to Glory Iii: The City’s Return to Glory Begins with Dreams and Ideas | publisher=Xlibris Corporation | isbn=9781669846239
|text="... RIPPING shots of Jack Daniel's and vomiting in the bathroom.”}}
1. [en] To fart audibly.
2. [en] To mock or criticize (someone or something). _(often used with on and into )_
3. [en] To steal ; to rip off .
4. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | year=2001 | author=rex deathstar | title=Opensource on demoscene | newsgroup=comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos
|passage=opensource is a double-edged sword. while you have a chance of
people using and improving on the code, you will also have the chance of
lamers RIPPING it.}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | year=2001 | author=Maciej Mróz | title=thoughts on code-sharing | newsgroup=comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos
|passage=I don't really care if someone RIPS my 3d engine, RIPS effects code,
or anything - simply because my 3d engine and effects will be far more
advanced when someone manages to use my code.}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | year=2002 | author=Ray Norrish | title=Barbarian demo circa 1988? | newsgroup=alt.emulators.amiga
|passage=[...]an old demo by some bods called "kellogs and donovan" which had
RIPPED graphics from the game "Barbarian"[...]}}
1. To move or act fast ; to rush headlong .
2. [en] To tear up for search or disclosure , or for alteration ; to search to the bottom ; to discover ; to disclose ; usually with _up_ .
3. * [passage=They RIPPED up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.]
4. * [passage=For brethren to debate and RIP up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy [...] is neither wise nor comely.]
5. [en] To surf extremely well.
6. [en] To be very good; rock
***** Synonyms
- [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en|let rip|rip out|let her rip|let one rip|rip a page out of someone's
book|rip a page out of someone's playbook|rip ass|rip into|rip off the
band-aid|rip on|rip one|rip someone a new asshole|rip someone a new one|rip
the piss|rip to shreds|rip apart|rip down|rip
up|rip-and-reader|rip-and-tear|rip someone's face off |rip it up|rip
off|rippable|rip along|ripper|ripping iron|rip someone's head off}}
***** Related terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[to divide or separate the parts of]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh] , [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latgalian: [ltg] , [ltg]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang] , [ang]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [Cuba]
- Thai: [th]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- White Hmong: [mww]
[trans-bottom]
[to rapidly become two parts]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to move quickly and destructively]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
[woodworking: to cut wood along the grain]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
[to copy data to a device]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: to take a "hit" of marijuana] [trans-bottom]
[to fart]
[to mock]
[to steal, to rip off]
- Czech: [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] ; [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
[to rush headlong]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[to surf extremely well]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Woiwurrung: [wyi]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A tear (in paper, etc.).
2. A type of strong , rough tide or current .
1. [en] A rip current : a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2000 | author=Andrew Short | title=Beaches of the Queensland Coast: Cooktown to Coolangatta | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qEs92AQ5gfYC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=%22rip%22%7C%22rips%22+australia+-intitle:%22rip%7Crips%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=goiCvL-AJk&sig=oY_KPliuAgrmcNTHEGhyX1Sk2as&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9rUPUMj1Iur-mAWI7IGYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22rip%22%7C%22rips%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22rip%7Crips%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=38
|passage=Rhythmic beaches consist of a rhythmic longshore bar that narrows and
deepens when the RIP crosses the breaker, and in between broadens, shoals and
approaches the shore. It does not, however, reach the shore, with a
continuous RIP feeder channel feeding the RIPS to either side of the bar.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2005 | author=Paul Smitz | title=Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring | publisher=Lonely Planet | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6oV6VfIH4qYC&pg=PA466&lpg=PA466&dq=%22rip%22%7C%22rips%22+australia+-intitle:%22rip%7Crips%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=ws9FIGXrDy&sig=bG1-rhp1ChmhFgin1fhglfB4KbE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9rUPUMj1Iur-mAWI7IGYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22rip%22%7C%22rips%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22rip%7Crips%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false | page=466
|passage=Undertows (or ‘ RIPS’) are the main problem. If you find yourself
being carried out by a RIP, the important thing to do is just keep afloat;
don′t panic or try to swim against the RIP, which will exhaust you. In most
cases the current stops within a couple of hundred metres of the shore and you
can then swim parallel to the shore for a short way to get out of the RIP and
make your way back to land.}}
1. * 2010 , Jeff Wilks, Donna Prendergast, _Chapter 9: Beach Safety and Millennium Youth: Travellers and Sentinels_ , Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, _Tourism and Generation Y_ , |%22rips%22+australia+-intitle:%22rip | rips%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=NpDwy_AFyn&sig=4rtY4vVBUbyWr_h4huq_jRyoOoI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9rUPUMj1Iur-mAWI7IGYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22rip%22 | %22rips%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22rip | rips%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 100 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LuKm8Tugg1UC&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=%22rip%22) ,
2. *: Given that a large number of all rescues conducted by Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) occur in RIPS (a RIP being a relatively narrow, seaward moving stream of water), this is critical surf-safety information (Surf Life Saving Australia, 2005).
3. [en] < !--US, dialectal?--> A tract of broken water (in a river or stream), particularly one which is not as rough as rapids .
4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1881 | author=Frank Leslie | title=Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly | page=148
|text=At rare intervals the water is smooth and deep, but the RIPS, rapids and
falls give the river its distinctive character. About two and a half miles
from its mouth it contracts somewhat, and plunges over a precipice one hundred
feet high[nb...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1911 | title=Water-supply Paper | page=148
|text=In the 5.8 miles between this point and the head of Burnt Land RIPS the
fall is 40 feet. The East Branch joins the main river about 1 1⁄2 miles below
the RIPS at Medway. A part of this fall could probably be developed by a dam
near the head of the Joe Mary Rapids, but the pondage created by a high dam
would cause damage[nb...]}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2004 | author=Gil Gilpatrick | title=The Allagash Guide: What You Need to Know to Canoe This Famous Waterway | publisher=Gil Gilpatrick | isbn=9780965050777 | page=36
|text=At the outlet of Round Pond is the beginning of Round Pond Rips. Rips
is a Maine word that generally means easy rapids. They are not hard rapids,
but require your attention, as there are plenty of rocks and ledges that need
to be avoided. After the RIPS the river is easy [Class I and II until
Musquacook Deadwater where there are a couple of miles of lake-like paddling [
.... ] ] }}
1. [en] A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
2. [en] A hit (dose) of marijuana .
3. [en] A black mark given for substandard schoolwork .
4. [en] Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off .
5. [en] Data or audio copied from a CD , DVD , Internet stream , etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
6. [en] A fart .
7. [en] Something ripped off or stolen ; a work resulting from plagiarism .
8. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | year=1995 | author=Mark Treiber | title=Ansi Artist Wanted! | newsgroup=comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos
|passage=Well that's because groups are now releaseing[sic] music in their
packs as well as vgas and RIPS. It[sic] you check out some local area code
groups I'm sure you'll find high quality ansi if the group is good enough.}}
1. * {{ quote-newsgroup | en | year=2000 | author=Jerker Olofsson | title=What to do about rippers....? | newsgroup=comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos
|passage=Scans and RIPS sucks, ofcourse[sic]. But a graphician, redrawing a
picture does make him less good. A pixeled image should be judged by the
skills and originality in the picture, not by the motive.}}
1. [en] A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
2. [en] .
3. [en] A joyride .
4. * [en ]
5. * [en ]
***** Synonyms
- [en]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[tear]
[type of tide or current]
[comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[dose of marijuana] [trans-bottom]
[black mark given for substandard schoolwork] [trans-bottom]
[something unfairly expensive]
*** Etymology 2
[en]; perhaps a variant of [en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A worthless horse ; a nag . [from 18th c.]
2. [en] An immoral man; a rake , a scoundrel . [from 18th c.]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1922 | title=The Saturday Review | volume=133 | page=359
|passage=Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether
a young RIP was not in the Blank divorce case.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1924 | author=w:Ford Madox Ford | title=Some Do Not… | publisher=Penguin | year_published=2012 | series=Parade's End | page=76
|passage=If there were, in clubs and places where men talk, unpleasant rumours
as to himself he preferred it to be thought that he was the RIP, not his wife
the strumpet.}}
*** Etymology 3
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A handful of unthreshed grain .
*** Etymology 4
**** Interjection
[en-interj]
1. [en] [en] .
*** References
References:
[1]. Marlies Philippa et al., eds., _Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands_ , A-Z, s.v. “ruif” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009) see http://www.etymologie.nl , citing G.G. Kloeke, “Die niederländischen Wörter _ruif_ ‘Raufe’ und _luif(el)_ ‘Schutzdach’”, in _Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter_ 17 (1952), 46-50.
[2]. Jan de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, _Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek_ , 4th edn., s.v. “rob 3” (Leiden: Brill, 1997), 581.
[3]. Vladimir Orel, _Albanian Etymological Dictionary_ , s.v. “rrabe” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 376.
[4]. Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., _Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen_ , s.v. “raufen” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005), 1090.
*** Anagrams
- [en]
Category:Australian English Category:New Zealand English
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Pronunciation
- [nn] [nn-pronu-note]
*** Etymology 1
[nn]. Possibly from Dutch or Frisian. Compare [non].
**** Alternative forms
- [nn]
**** Noun
[nn-noun-f13]
1. [nn] gunwale
*** Etymology 2
From the verb [nn].
**** Noun
[nn-noun-n1]
1. a scratch
**** Verb
[nn]
1. [nn]
*** References
- [R:ND]
*** Anagrams
- [nn]
** Old English
*** Verb
[ang]
1. [ang]
** Tok Pisin
*** Etymology
From [tpi].
*** Noun
[tpi]
1. reef
**** Derived terms
- [tpi]