rip
English
/ɹɪp/
noun
Definitions
- A tear (in paper, etc.).
- A type of tide or current.
- (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
- (UK) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
- (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
- (computing) Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- (demoscene) Something rip ripped off or stolen; plagiarism.
- (music) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English rippen derived from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *roub, reub-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*roub, reub-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ripperologist English
- Ripperology English
- cord English
- gut English
- lock English
- ripcord English
- ripgut brome English
- ripgut fence English
- riplock English
- rippable English
- ripper English
- ripsaw English
- ripstop English
- riptide English
- saw English
- site English
- siterip English
- stop English
- tide English
- unrip English
- unrippable English
- ripata Finnish
- Rauferei German
- ausraufen German
- raufen German
- rupfen German
- zerrupfen German
- ripear Spanish, Castilian
- *roub, reub- Proto-Indo-European
- ripar Portuguese
- *rupjaną Proto-Germanic
- rippen Middle English
- ripar Galician
- roufen Middle High German
- rupfen Middle High German