rip

Meanings

• a dissolute man in fashionable society
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • "there was a rip in his pants"
• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
  • "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
• tear or be torn violently
  • "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
  • "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
• move precipitously or violently
  • "The tornado ripped along the coast"
• cut (wood) along the grain
• criticize or abuse strongly and violently
  • "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Synonyms

blood, countercurrent, crosscurrent, profligate, pull, rake, rakehell, rend, rent, riptide, rive, roue, snag, split, tear, tide rip