rip
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- a dissolute man in fashionable societySynonyms: rakerakehellprofligatebloodroue
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart“there was a rip in his pants”“she had snags in her stockings”Synonyms: rentsnagsplittear
- a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another currentSynonyms: riptidetide ripcrosscurrentcountercurrent
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something“he gave the envelope a vigorous rip”Synonyms: rentsplit
Verb (4)
- tear or be torn violently“The curtain ripped from top to bottom”“pull the cooked chicken into strips”Synonyms: rendrivepull
- move precipitously or violently“The tornado ripped along the coast”
- cut (wood) along the grain
- criticize or abuse strongly and violently“The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration. [1913 Webster]
2.[Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [Slang.] [1913 Webster]
3.A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2.To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. [1913 Webster]
He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.— Granville.[1913 Webster]
3.To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up. [1913 Webster]
They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
4.To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<networking> Routing Information Protocol.
2.<application, printer> Raster Image Processor.
(2003-09-10)
<audio, video, legal> (From "rip off" - to steal) To copy audio or video, typically from a compact disc or DVD, to a file on a computer hard disk. A dedicated program to do this is called a "ripper" though it is often a function of player software.
Ripping usually includes converting the data to a format that is more suitable for computer playback, e.g. MP3 digital audio or DivX video. The process is entirely digital so it is possible to make a perfect copy of the data. However the resulting files are large (a few megabytes for an audio track, a few gigabytes for a film) so the conversion often includes compression to reduce the file size at the cost of some loss of quality.
While it may be legal to do this for personal use, distributing a ripped copyright work to others could result in prosecution.
See also ripcording.
(2008-01-21)
The Jargon File
1.To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a “CD ripper”.
2.[Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that they have been compiled/assembled into, or which generates them at run-time. In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through memory shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years and probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense 1.