#1 rip v. [rend, rive, pull] tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips". wn
#2 rip v. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast". wn
#3 rip v. cut (wood) along the grain. wn
#4 rip n. [rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue] a dissolute man in fashionable society. wn
#5 rip n. [rent, snag, split, tear] an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings". wn
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