rip

1. (v) (transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. 2. (v) (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts. 3. (v) (transitive) To remove violently or wrongly. 4. (v) (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing. 5. (v) (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively. 6. (v) (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. 7. (v) (transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 8. (v) (slang) To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol. 9. (v) (slang) To fart audibly. 10. (v) (transitive, sometimes US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into) 11. (v) (transitive, slang, chiefly demoscene) To steal; to rip off. 12. (v) To move or act fast; to rush headlong. 13. (v) (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well. 14. (v) (intransitive, slang) To be very good; rock 15. (n) A tear (in paper, etc.). 16. (n) A type of strong, rough tide or current. 17. (n) (Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves. 18. (n) (chiefly in the plural) A tract of broken water (in a river or stream), particularly one which is not as rough as rapids. 19. (n) (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action. 20. (n) (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana. 21. (n) (UK, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork. 22. (n) (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off. 23. (n) (computing, slang) Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc. 24. (n) (slang) A fart. 25. (n) (demoscene, slang) Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism. 26. (n) (music, informal) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played. 27. (n) (Canada, slang) A joyride. 28. (n) (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag. 29. (n) (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel. 30. (n) (Scotland) A handful of unthreshed grain. 31. (v) (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up. 32. (n) Routing information protocol, a dynamic routing protocol used in local and wide area networks. 33. (n) (molecular biology) Repeat-induced point mutation, a process by which both copies of duplicated sequences are mutated. 34. (n) A male given name from Dutch. 35. (n) A diminutive of the male given name Ripley. 36. (n) Ellipsis of ripsaw (“saw for cutting wood along its grain”). [(woodworking) A saw that is designed to cut wood along its grain, i.e. to rip, to execute a rip cut.] 37. (n) (biology) Initialism of ribosome-inactivating protein. 38. (n) (US, law enforcement) Initialism of reduction in pay.