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To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 200mph, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body.
Jenson Button

Meaning of "rip" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RIP

Perhaps from Flemish rippen; compare Middle Dutch rippen to pull.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RIP

rip  [rɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rip is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rip in English.

WHAT DOES RIP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rip in the English dictionary

The first definition of rip in the dictionary is to tear or be torn violently or roughly; split or be rent. Other definition of rip is to remove hastily, carelessly, or roughly. Rip is also to move violently or precipitously; rush headlong.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RIP

PRESENT

Present
I rip
you rip
he/she/it rips
we rip
you rip
they rip
Present continuous
I am ripping
you are ripping
he/she/it is ripping
we are ripping
you are ripping
they are ripping
Present perfect
I have ripped
you have ripped
he/she/it has ripped
we have ripped
you have ripped
they have ripped
Present perfect continuous
I have been ripping
you have been ripping
he/she/it has been ripping
we have been ripping
you have been ripping
they have been ripping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I ripped
you ripped
he/she/it ripped
we ripped
you ripped
they ripped
Past continuous
I was ripping
you were ripping
he/she/it was ripping
we were ripping
you were ripping
they were ripping
Past perfect
I had ripped
you had ripped
he/she/it had ripped
we had ripped
you had ripped
they had ripped
Past perfect continuous
I had been ripping
you had been ripping
he/she/it had been ripping
we had been ripping
you had been ripping
they had been ripping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rip
you will rip
he/she/it will rip
we will rip
you will rip
they will rip
Future continuous
I will be ripping
you will be ripping
he/she/it will be ripping
we will be ripping
you will be ripping
they will be ripping
Future perfect
I will have ripped
you will have ripped
he/she/it will have ripped
we will have ripped
you will have ripped
they will have ripped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been ripping
you will have been ripping
he/she/it will have been ripping
we will have been ripping
you will have been ripping
they will have been ripping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rip
you would rip
he/she/it would rip
we would rip
you would rip
they would rip
Conditional continuous
I would be ripping
you would be ripping
he/she/it would be ripping
we would be ripping
you would be ripping
they would be ripping
Conditional perfect
I would have rip
you would have rip
he/she/it would have rip
we would have rip
you would have rip
they would have rip
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been ripping
you would have been ripping
he/she/it would have been ripping
we would have been ripping
you would have been ripping
they would have been ripping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rip
we let´s rip
you rip
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rip
Past participle
ripped
Present Participle
ripping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIP

riotry
rip current
rip off
rip on
rip up
Rip Van Winkle
rip-off
rip-off artist
rip-rap
rip-roaring
riparial
riparian
ripcord
ripe
ripely
ripen
ripener
ripeness
riper
ripidolite

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIP

championship
chip
clip
dip
flip
friendship
gossip
hip
leadership
membership
nip
partnership
relationship
ship
skip
slip
strip
tip
trip
zip

Synonyms and antonyms of rip in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RIP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rip» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rip
burst · claw · cleavage · cut · gash · hack · hole · lacerate · laceration · rend · rent · score · slash · slit · split · tear

Translation of «rip» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIP

Find out the translation of rip to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rip from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rip» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rasgar
570 millions of speakers

English

rip
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उसकी आत्मा को शांति मिले (RIP
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يـُمَزِّقُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рвать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rasgar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déchirer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rip
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zerreißen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

引き裂く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

(물건을) 잡아 찢다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyuwek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xé toạc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிழித்தெறிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाटणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Huzur içinde yatsın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strappare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozrywać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рвати(ся)
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a rupe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκίζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rip

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIP»

The term «rip» is very widely used and occupies the 4.978 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rip» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rip» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rip

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10 QUOTES WITH «RIP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rip.
1
Samaire Armstrong
I think that men's clothing should be functional. If there's a rip in his jeans, it should be because he was out working, not because he ripped them so they looked cool. It's even better if they're ripped because he got in a fight.
2
Sara Bareilles
It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart.
3
Brian Behlendorf
Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.
4
James Belushi
Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.
5
Brian Boitano
Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.
6
Paget Brewster
I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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Jenson Button
To understand the intensity of driving an F1 car, you have to be in it. When you're driving a 750hp machine at 200mph, the noise and the vibrations are incredible. The G-force when you take big corners is like someone trying to rip your head off. You hit the brakes, and it feels as if the skin is being pulled off your body.
8
George Clinton
Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get you out of the way in five years to make way for the new groups.
9
Kresley Cole
My toughest criticism usually comes from myself. As my editor can attest to, I'm never done tweaking a book until the production department has to rip it from my hands!
10
Tim Cook
The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you're an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIP»

Discover the use of rip in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rip and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rip
Written in a variety of moods, always compassionate, wry and razor sharp, these dazzling stories are crafted by Drewe's incisive wit and passion. 'You will read the powerful short stories in this collection with your heart in your mouth.
Robert Drewe, 2009
2
Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing
Presents exercises and wordplay experiments to teach amateur writers how to enjoy writing creatively, and includes tips for finding inspiration, returning to old ideas with fresh perspectives, and retaining confidence in writing.
Karen Benke, 2010
3
Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length celebration of what happened next: post-punk bands who dedicated themselves to fulfilling punk's unfinished musical revolution. 1978 - 1984 rivals the sixties for the sheer amount of ...
Simon Reynolds, 2009
4
R. I. P.: Here Lie the Last Words, Morbid Musings, Epitaphs ...
Death can be a tricky business and you only have one chance to get it right—best do some research while you still have time!
Susan K. Hom, 2007
5
A Rip in Heaven: A Memoir of Murder And Its Aftermath
Now, here is the intimate memoir of a shocking crime and its aftermath...one family's immediate and unforgettable story of what victims can suffer long after they should be safe.
Jeanine Cummins, 2004
6
Dark Life Book 2: Rip Tide
Kat Falls brings to life the mysteries, marvels, and monsters of the deep in this fast-paced and inventive action-adventure.
Kat Falls, 2012
7
Rip Kirby
The fifth volume of the Harvey Award-nominated Rip Kirby features the incredible art of John Prentice, who picked up the pen and ink duties after Alex Raymond's death and continued drawing the strip for decades.
Fred Dickenson, John Prentice, Dean Mullaney, 2012
8
Rip Van Winkle
The tale of Van Winkle's adventures playing nine pins with little men of the Catskill Mountains, and the twenty-year nap which took him from before to after the Revolutionary War, is a beloved classic.
George P. Webster, Washington Irving, 2012
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Romantic Elements in Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle
Then some information will be given on Irving as a romantic writer and the background of the tale of "Rip Van Winkle." After that several romantic features will be highlighted within short analyses of parts of the tale.
Christina Gieseler, 2010
10
Rip: An Intra-Domain Routing Protocol
This book also examines RIP's role within an overall networking context. It presents several different network topologies and discusses the pros and cons of using RIP and various other routing protocols for each.
Gary Scott Malkin, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rip is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rip current rescue caught on camera at Nantucket beach
As she fought the rip current, she held onto her selfie stick with a waterproof GoPro camera attached. The dramatic moments and rescue were caught on the ... «WPRI 12 Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
2
Joe Horn on draft-day hugs: Roger Goodell 'will rip their throat apart'
I hate to see kids that are lost and then happy but they really don't know that the man they're hugging will rip their throat apart. If he has an opportunity to take ... «ABC News, May 15»
3
Swimmer's Death in Florida Brings New Attention to Rip Current …
The death of a swimmer this Memorial Day weekend in Florida has drawn new attention to the dangers of rip currents. One person drowned Sunday after he was ... «ABC News, May 15»
4
RIP Benny Green - the boy who brought black Britain to a generation …
Yet if the level of RIP messages and comment on the likes Twitter and Facebook is anything to go by, he had a social media send-off more akin to a Hollywood ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
5
'Legends of Tomorrow': Who is Rip Hunter
Not much can be said right now about "Legends of Tomorrow," but one of the main characters, Rip Hunter, has returned to the past to create a new team to save ... «Tech Times, May 15»
6
DC's Hawkgirl, Rip Hunter will make surprise debut in Flash's …
It's being reported that both Arthur Darvill's (Doctor Who) Rip Hunter and Ciara Renee's Hawkgirl will both make an appearance in The Flash's season finale ... «Blastr, May 15»
7
Mick Fanning Wins 2015 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
But it's true — Mick Fanning did win the 2015 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach today. Are you surprised? Shocked? Stunned? Bewildered, befuddled, enthralled? «Surfing Magazine, Apr 15»
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Illinois governor: I want to 'rip the economic guts out of Indiana'
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says he wants to "rip the economic guts out of Indiana." The newly elected governor of Indiana's western neighbor told the editorial ... «Indianapolis Star, Apr 15»
9
Tense finals set at Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2015
Kelly Slater and Joel Parkinson are out of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2015. The quarterfinalists have been decided. In the clash of the event, with less than five ... «SurferToday, Apr 15»
10
RIP coloured skin? Twitter condemns Cosmopolitan magazine over …
The reason for this criticism was an error on the magazine's part, where they used many images of coloured women for the RIP section, but took images of only ... «Firstpost, Apr 15»

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