Definition of "ripping" []

• Informal Excellent; marvelous: had a ripping time at the party. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Bush camps says this is the latest tactic from Kerry, what they call ripping from the headlines to avoid talking about his record."
• "April 4th, 2010 at 10: 30 am dbadass says: barry hussein ripping the constitution apart which parts there cupcake?"
• "I have noted that many individuals appear to take particular delight in ripping apart errors in journal articles."