rip
rip
- n a dissolute man in fashionable society
- n an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
there was a rip in his pants - n a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- n the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
he gave the envelope a vigorous rip - v tear or be torn violently
The curtain ripped from top to bottom
pull the cooked chicken into strips - v move precipitously or violently
The tornado ripped along the coast - v cut (wood) along the grain
- v criticize or abuse strongly and violently
The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
- The designers from Abercrombie Fitch are equally committed to realism, often camping out at International Garment Finish for weeks and debating every rip.
- Leno, you can't hold a candle to this bunch! You would NEVER allow something as unscripted as this to occur.
- I'd rip them all up and make sure the runs got really big and had a pattern to them.