VERB | contact | rip, rend, rive, pull | tear or be torn violently |
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motion | rip | move precipitously or violently | |
contact | rip | cut (wood) along the grain | |
possession | rip, steal, rip off | take without the owner's consent | |
communication | rip | criticize or abuse strongly and violently | |
NOUN | person | rip, rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue | a dissolute man in fashionable society |
object | rip, rent, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
event | rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent | a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | |
act | rip, rent, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something |
Sounds | rih'p | |
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Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... |
Meaning | A dissolute man in fashionable society. | |
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Synonyms | rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue | |
Broader | libertine, debauchee, rounder | A dissolute person |
Spanish | disoluto, libertino, licencioso | |
Catalan | dissolut, llicenciós |
Meaning | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. | |
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Example | "there was a rip in his pants" | |
Synonyms | rent, snag, split, tear | |
Broader | opening, gap | An open or empty space in or between things |
Spanish | desgarrón, rasgadura, rasgón | |
Catalan | esquinç, estrip | |
Verbs | rip | tear or be torn violently |
Meaning | A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. | |
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Synonyms | riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent | |
Broader | turbulence, turbulency | unstable flow of a liquid / liquid or gas |
Spanish | contracorriente, corriente de resaca, corriente | |
Catalan | contracorrent, corrent de ressaca, corrent |
Meaning | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. | |
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Example | "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" | |
Synonyms | rent, split | |
Broader | tear | The act of tearing / tearing |
Spanish | abertura, hendidura, raja, rasgadura | |
Catalan | esquinçada, estripada | |
Verbs | rip | tear or be torn violently |
Meaning | tear or be torn violently. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | They rip the sheets | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | rend, rive, pull | |
Broader | tear, rupture, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly |
Spanish | rajar, rasgar | |
Catalan | esberlar, esqueixar, fendre | |
Nouns | rip | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something |
rip | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart |
Meaning | Move precipitously or violently. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The tornado ripped along the coast" | |
Broader | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently |
Spanish | arrasar |
Meaning | cut (wood) along the grain. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
Meaning | criticize or abuse strongly and violently. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" | |
Broader | attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault | attack in speech or writing |
Spanish | destrozar |
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