Definition of "rip" []

• To cut, tear apart, or tear away roughly or energetically. See Synonyms at tear1. (verb-transitive)
• To split or saw (wood) along the grain. (verb-transitive)
• To subject to vehement criticism or attack: The critic ripped the tedious movie. (verb-transitive)
• Informal To produce, display, or utter suddenly: ripped out a vicious oath. (verb-transitive)
• Computer Science To copy (audio or audio-visual material from a CD or DVD). (verb-transitive)

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.

• "It had torn all the way around -- _rip, rip, rip_."
• "I am certainly one of the biggest critics of the offset market as it is currently constituted, having coined the term rip-offsets."
• "We also do what we call a rip-o-matic, so the first thingI did was cut together a DVD, which we cut together from the old movie anddifferent movies, in terms of Denzel, and it informed usof the tone of the movie, and I gave it to you."