Definitions for ripping



Overview of verb rip

The verb rip has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (8) rend, rip, rive, pull

(tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")

2. (2) rip

(move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast")

3. (2) rip

(cut (wood) along the grain)

4. rip

(criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly")


Overview of adj ripping

The adj ripping has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) rending, ripping, splitting

(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")

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