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rip

Letters that make rip

p, r, i are letters that make 'rip'

Words within rip

IP, RI are words within 'rip'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of rip

drip, rips, ripe, trip, grip are words created by adding a letter to 'rip'

rip is a 3 letter word ending with p
rip is a 3 letter word starting with r

8 possible definitions for 'rip'

Rip as "an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart"

Under this definition, rip is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

split, tear, snag, rent have the same meaning as 'rip'

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of gap, opening.

Derivatives of rip

cleave, rive, rend, split, tear, rip, bust, snap, rupture, pull are derivatives of 'rip'.

Example of rip used within this context

"there was a rip in his pants", "she had snags in her stockings"

Rip as "a dissolute man in fashionable society"

Under this definition, rip is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rake, rakehell, roue, blood, profligate have the same meaning as 'rip'

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of libertine, debauchee, rounder.

Derivatives of rip

degraded, dissipated, profligate, libertine, fast, riotous, debauched, degenerate, dissolute are derivatives of 'rip'.

Rip as "tear or be torn violently"

Under this definition, rip is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rend, rive, pull have the same meaning as 'rip'

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of bust, snap, rupture, tear.

Derivatives of rip

rent, split, tear, snag, rip are derivatives of 'rip'.

Example of rip used within this context

"The curtain ripped from top to bottom", "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

Rip as "cut (wood) along the grain"

Under this definition, rip is a verb and has the following properties:

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of cut.

Rip as "move precipitously or violently"

Under this definition, rip is a verb and has the following properties:

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of shoot down, buck, tear, charge, shoot.

Example of rip used within this context

"The tornado ripped along the coast"

Rip as "the act of rending or ripping or splitting something"

Under this definition, rip is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

rent, split have the same meaning as 'rip'

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of tear.

Derivatives of rip

cleave, rive, rend, split, rip, pull are derivatives of 'rip'.

Example of rip used within this context

"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

Rip as "criticize or abuse strongly and violently"

Under this definition, rip is a verb and has the following properties:

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of assail, lash out, round, snipe, assault, attack.

Example of rip used within this context

"The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Rip as "a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current"

Under this definition, rip is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

countercurrent, riptide, crosscurrent, tide rip have the same meaning as 'rip'

rip as a type

'rip' can be a type of turbulency, turbulence.