rip
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
• Syn:
rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue
• Derivationally related forms:
profligate (for: profligate)
• Hypernyms:
libertine, debauchee, rounder
2. 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
• Hypernyms:
turbulence, turbulency
3. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
tear (for: tear), split (for: split)
• Hypernyms:
opening, gap
4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- he gave the envelope a vigorous rip
• Syn:
rent, split
• Derivationally related forms:
split (for: split)
• Hypernyms:
tear
1. tear or be torn violently (Freq. 8)
- The curtain ripped from top to bottom
- pull the cooked chicken into strips
• Syn:
rend, rive, pull
• Hypernyms:
tear, rupture, snap, bust
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They rip the sheets
2. move precipitously or violently (Freq. 2)
- The tornado ripped along the coast
• Hypernyms:
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. cut (wood) along the grain (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. criticize or abuse strongly and violently
- The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
• Hypernyms:
attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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