| VERB | contact | rip, rend, rive, pull | tear or be torn violently |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | A dissolute man in fashionable society. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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