[W/K] :: ripping

  Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ripping.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax,
     D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf.
     Raff, Ripple of flax.]
     1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
        to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
        violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
        rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --
        commonly used with up, open, off.
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     2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
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              He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
                                                    --Granville.
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     3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
        search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually
        with up.
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              They ripped up all that had been done from the
              beginning of the rebellion.           --Clarendon.
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              For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out
              in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise
              nor comely.                           --Milton.
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     4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
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     Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out
        mortises. --Knight.
  
     Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook.
  
     Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw.
  
     To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,
        to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See To rap out, under
        Rap, v. t.
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  rip
       n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, profligate,
             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:
          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: riptide,
           tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent]
       4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
          gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, split]
       v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
            bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend,
             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"
       [also: ripping, ripped]

  ripping
       adj : resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped
             apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split
             with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as
             the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, splitting]

  ripping
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  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "ripping":
     OK, abscission, ace-high, amputation, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss,
     bully, but good, butchering, chopping, claim, cleavage, cool,
     corking, crackerjack, cutting, dandy, delicious, demand, dichotomy,
     divine, ducky, enucleation, exaction, excellent, excision,
     exciting, extortion, fab, fine, fine and dandy, fission, gear,
     glorious, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up,
     just dandy, keen, laceration, marvy, mean, mutilation, neat, nifty,
     nobby, okay, out of sight, peachy, peachy-keen, rending, resection,
     rum, scission, scrumptious, section, sensational, severance,
     slap-up, slashing, slicing, smashing, solid, something else,
     spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splitting, stirring, stunning, super,
     surgery, swell, tearing, terrific, thrilling, tough, wizard,
     wonderful, wrench, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wringing