ripping

ripping
    adj 1: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something
           ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree
           split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar
           as the crowd surged forward" [syn: {rending}, {ripping},
           {splitting}]
    

Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ripped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ripping}.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax,
   D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf.
   {Raff}, {Ripple} of flax.]
   1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
      to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
      violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
      rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --
      commonly used with up, open, off.
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   2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
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            He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
                                                  --Granville.
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   3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
      search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually
      with up.
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            They ripped up all that had been done from the
            beginning of the rebellion.           --Clarendon.
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            For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out
            in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise
            nor comely.                           --Milton.
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   4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
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   {Ripping chisel} (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out
      mortises. --Knight.

   {Ripping iron}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Ravehook}.

   {Ripping saw}. (Carp.) See {Ripsaw}.

   {To rip out}, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,
      to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See {To rap out}, under
      {Rap}, v. t.
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "ripping":
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      divine, ducky, enucleation, exaction, excellent, excision,
      exciting, extortion, fab, fine, fine and dandy, fission, gear,
      glorious, great, groovy, heavy, hot, hunky-dory, jam-up,
      just dandy, keen, laceration, marvy, mean, mutilation, neat, nifty,
      nobby, okay, out of sight, peachy, peachy-keen, rending, resection,
      rum, scission, scrumptious, section, sensational, severance,
      slap-up, slashing, slicing, smashing, solid, something else,
      spiffing, spiffy, splendid, splitting, stirring, stunning, super,
      surgery, swell, tearing, terrific, thrilling, tough, wizard,
      wonderful, wrench, wrenching, wrest, wresting, wring, wringing