ripping

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

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”Synonyms: rending splitting

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [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]