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PRONUNCIATION OF RIPPER

ripper  [ˈrɪpə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIPPER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ripper is 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.

WHAT DOES RIPPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ripper in the English dictionary

The first definition of ripper in the dictionary is a person who rips. Other definition of ripper is a murderer who dissects or mutilates his victims' bodies. Ripper is also a fine or excellent person or thing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIPPER


Agrippa
əˈɡrɪpə
asset-stripper
ˈæsɛtˌstrɪpə
clipper
ˈklɪpə
dripper
ˈdrɪpə
fripper
ˈfrɪpə
gripper
ˈɡrɪpə
hyper
ˈhaɪpə
newspaper
ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpə
paper
ˈpeɪpə
piper
ˈpaɪpə
skyscraper
ˈskaɪˌskreɪpə
slipper
ˈslɪpə
sniper
ˈsnaɪpə
stripper
ˈstrɪpə
taper
ˈteɪpə
tripper
ˈtrɪpə
vapor
ˈveɪpə
viper
ˈvaɪpə
wallpaper
ˈwɔːlˌpeɪpə
zipper
ˈzɪpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIPPER

ripost
riposte
ripp
rippable
ripped
rippier
ripping
rippingly
ripple
ripple control
ripple effect
ripple mark
rippler
ripples
ripplet
rippling
ripplingly
ripply

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIPPER

big dipper
chipper
day tripper
dipper
flipper
hipper
Jack the Ripper
kipper
lady´s-slipper
Little Dipper
mudskipper
nipper
paint stripper
pepper
shipper
sipper
skipper
the Little Dipper
tipper
whipper
worshipper

Synonyms and antonyms of ripper in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ripper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIPPER

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

Translator English - Chinese

开膛手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ripper
570 millions of speakers

English

ripper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطاعن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рыхлитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estripador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিড় কারক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éventreur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ripper
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ripper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リッパー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

리퍼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ripper
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ripper
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிழிப்பவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅपर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yırtıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

squartatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

glebogryzarka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розрихлювач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ripper
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ripper
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ripper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skärare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ripper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ripper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIPPER»

The term «ripper» is very widely used and occupies the 18.241 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIPPER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ripper» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ripper» 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 ripper

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIPPER»

Discover the use of ripper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ripper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ripper
Time is winding down until the killer claims another victim, but Carver soon sees that, to The Ripper, this is all a game that he may be destined to lose. “Petrucha’s story hits the ground running and doesn’t let ...
Stefan Petrucha, 2012
2
Complete History of Jack the Ripper
The murders in London between 1888-91 attributed to Jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal cases. This story is the result of many years meticulous research.
Philip Sudgen, Philip Sugden, 2012
3
Ripper
But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance have something to do with the series of deaths?
Isabel Allende, 2014
4
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed
In the first edition of this book Patricia Cornwell named the killer as the artist, Walter Sickert. This paperback includes even more evidence for her compelling and credible conclusion.
Patricia Cornwell, 2008
5
Ripper
Sent to do volunteer work at the Whitechapel Hospital in the east end of London in 1888, seventeen-year-old Abbie discovers the identity of Jack the Ripper.
Amy Carol Reeves, 2012
6
Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia
This encyclopedia covers almost every aspect of the Jack the Ripper murders in considerable detail, exposes a number of myths and corrects many points of misinformation about this notorious British criminal history.
John J. Eddleston, 2001
7
Jack the Ripper
Andrew Cook goes in search of the real story of Jack the Ripper - and this story isn't set in the brothels of the East End but in the boardrooms of Fleet Street.
Andrew Cook, 2009
8
Jack the Ripper and the London Press
This engrossing book examines how fourteen London newspapers—dailies and weeklies, highbrow and lowbrow—presented the Ripper news, in the process revealing much about the social, political, and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain ...
L. Curtis, 2008
9
The Complete Jack the Ripper
Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow’s The Complete Jack the Ripper .
Donald Rumbelow, 2004
10
Ripper
Detectives Robert DeClercq and Zinc Chandler race against time to stop a vicious killer responsible for a series of grisly and gruesome murders. By the author of Cutthoat. Original.
Michael Slade, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIPPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ripper is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cancelled Ripper Street to be shown on BBC One after third series …
Ripper Street's third series will be shown on BBC One later this month, marking a return to its roots. Season three of the period detective drama, which stars ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
2
Madeleine McCann's parents Gerry and Kate McCann hit back at …
The parents of Madeleine McCann have hit back at outrageous allegations made by the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe in a series of bizarre letters to his female ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
New Jack the Ripper artefacts going on show in London
LONDON — The Jack the Ripper murders are some of the most infamous and grisly, inspiring a number books, movies and TV programmes and now true crime ... «Mashable, Jun 15»
4
Ripper Street: renewed by Amazon for series 4 and 5
Then, after much fan protest and some valiant rescue work by the behind-the-scenes team came the triumphant news that Ripper Street would live on thanks to ... «Den Of Geek, May 15»
5
Claim that Jack the Ripper was a Polish immigrant barber is …
Scientists have said evidence which claimed to have unmasked Jack the Ripper is wrong because a decimal point may have been put in the wrong place during ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
6
Not So Fast: Did DNA Evidence Really Identify Jack the Ripper?
Photo by Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images A letter supposedly written by Jack the Ripper and sent to a London news agency on Sept. 25, 1888, on display at the ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 14»
7
DNA Identifies Jack the Ripper
A self-described "armchair detective" and a Finnish molecular biologist have claimed to have discovered the identity of the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper, ... «Discovery News, Sep 14»
8
'Hannibal' Recap: Will Graham is Free
Jack then gets right into questioning Miriam about who the Ripper is, but she says she doesn't even remember finding him. He got into her head, she says, and ... «BuddyTV, Apr 14»
9
Why the Ripper Street revival is significant for the future of TV
When the BBC announced in December that they would not be commissioning Ripper Street, there was a particularly fevered amount of protest from the show's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
10
Author Isabel Allende Apologizes For Comments About Mystery …
McKenna Jordan, the owner of Murder by the Book, a bookstore in Houston, heard the interview and returned all 20 signed copies of Ripper to its publisher, ... «NPR, Feb 14»

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