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   Rip , n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to E. corb. Cf. Ripier.] A wicker fish basket.
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   Rip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ripping.] [Cf. AS. rȳpan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf. Raff, Ripple of flax.]
   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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   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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   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.
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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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   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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   Rip, n.
   A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
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   [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse. [Slang.]
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   A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
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