ripping

Other forms of ripping

comparative

rippinger·

superlative

rippingest·

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 ripping

What does ripping mean?

ripping means "resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ripping?

ripping has 2 syllables: rip-ping. The stress falls on "rip". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/.

What is another word for ripping?

Close synonyms include rending, splitting, excellent, first-class, fantabulous. 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 ripping a common word?

ripping is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.