Rip
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of rending or ripping or splitting something
"He gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
(2) A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
(3) An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
"There was a rip in his pants"
"She had snags in her stockings"
(4) A dissolute man in fashionable society
verb
(5) Criticize or abuse strongly and violently
"The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
(6) Tear or be torn violently
"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
"Pull the cooked chicken into strips"
(7) Cut (wood) along the grain
(8) Move precipitously or violently
"The tornado ripped along the coast"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A tear (in paper, etc).
- A type of tide or current.
- A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- A "hit" of marijuana.
Verb
- To cause something, usually paper, to rapidly become two parts.
- To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.
- To copy data from optical disks such as CDs and DVDs to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- To take a "hit" of marijuana.
- To fart.
- To mock.
- To steal.
- 2001, "rex deathstar", Opensource on demoscene (discussion on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)
- opensource is a double-edged sword. while you have a chance of people using and improving on the code, you will also have the chance of lamers ripping it.
- 2001, "rex deathstar", Opensource on demoscene (discussion on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)