[rip] vb ripped ; rip.ping [prob. fr. Flem rippen to strip off roughly] vt (15c) 1 a: to tear or split apart or open b: to saw or split (wood) with the grain
2: to slash or slit with or as if with a sharp blade
3: to hit sharply "ripped a double to left field"
4: to utter violently: spit out "ripped out an oath"
5: criticize, put down ~ vi 1: to become ripped: rend
2: to rush headlong "ripped past second base" syn see tear -- rip into : to tear into: attack
[2]rip n (1711) 1: a rent made by ripping: tear
2: cut 5b [3]rip n [perh. fr.
[2]rip] (1775) 1: a body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides, currents, or winds
2: a current of water roughened by passing over an irregular bottom
3: rip current [4]rip n [perh. by shortening & alter. fr. reprobate] (1797): a dissolute person: libertine