Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Ripping.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax,
   D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf.
   Raff, Ripple of flax.]
   1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
      to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
      violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
      rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --
      commonly used with up, open, off.
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   2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
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            He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
                                                  --Granville.
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   3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
      search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually
      with up.
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            They ripped up all that had been done from the
            beginning of the rebellion.           --Clarendon.
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            For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out
            in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise
            nor comely.                           --Milton.
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   4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
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   Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out
      mortises. --Knight.

   Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook.

   Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw.

   To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,
      to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See To rap out, under
      Rap, v. t.
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	rip
     n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, profligate,
           blood, roue]
     2: 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]
     3: 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]
     4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
        gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, split]
     v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
          bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend,
           rive, pull]
     2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along
        the coast"
     3: cut (wood) along the grain
     4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate
        ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
     [also: ripping, ripped]

	

	ripping
     adj : resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped
           apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split
           with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as
           the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, splitting]

	

	ripping
     See rip

	

	90 Moby Thesaurus words for "ripping":
   OK, abscission, ace-high, amputation, bad, bang-up, bonzer, boss,
   bully, but good, butchering, chopping, claim, cleavage, cool,
   corking, crackerjack, cutting, dandy, delicious, demand, dichotomy,
   divine, ducky, enucleation, exaction, excellent, excision,
   exciting, extortion, fab, fine, fine and dandy, fission, gear,
   glorious, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up,
   just dandy, keen, laceration, marvy, mean, mutilation, neat, nifty,
   nobby, okay, out of sight, peachy, peachy-keen, rending, resection,
   rum, scission, scrumptious, section, sensational, severance,
   slap-up, slashing, slicing, smashing, solid, something else,
   spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splitting, stirring, stunning, super,
   surgery, swell, tearing, terrific, thrilling, tough, wizard,
   wonderful, wrench, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wringing