rip

CEFRB1

/ɹɪp/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To tear something quickly or forcefully.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To remove violently or wrongly.

Examples

  • I can rip you apart with my bare hands.

  • O-oi!? Don't rip off my precious hair!

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

  2. 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.

  3. To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

More examples

In context

  • A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.

  • My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.

  • to rip a garment; to rip up a floor

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną, intensive of *raupijaną, causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-, variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”). See also West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen, also Old English rīpan, rīepan (“to plunder”), West Frisian rippe (“to rip, tear”), German raufen (“to rip”); also Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’, possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”). More at reave, rob.