From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"