rip

1. 1.

   a dissolute man in fashionable society

   Synonymsrakerakehellprofligatebloodroue

   Broaderlibertine
2. 2.

   an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

   “there was a rip in his pants”

   “she had snags in her stockings”

   Synonymsrentsnagsplittear

   Broaderopening
3. 3.

   a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

   Synonymsriptidetide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent

   Broaderturbulence
4. 4.

   the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

   “he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”

   Synonymsrentsplit

   Broadertear

Other forms of rip

plural

rips·

past tense or participle

ripped

present participle

ripping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rip

What does rip mean?

rip means "tear or be torn violently". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rip?

rip has 1 syllable: rip. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪp/.

What is another word for rip?

Close synonyms include rend, rive, pull, steal, rip off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rip a common word?

rip is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.