rip, n.
(rips)
(rips)
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
<noun.act>
rent rip split
sample sentences
"he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
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a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
<noun.event>
countercurrent crosscurrent rip riptide tide rip
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an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
rent rip snag split tear
sample sentences
"there was a rip in his pants""she had snags in her stockings"
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a dissolute man in fashionable society
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
blood profligate rake rakehell rip roue
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