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Plural of rip

regular plural

The plural of rip is rips.

Forms of rip

Singularrip /ɹɪp/
Pluralrips
Countablecountable

Rips in a sentence

  • I don't really care if someone rips my 3d engine, rips effects code, or anything - simply because my 3d engine and effects will be far more advanced when someone manages to use my code.2001, Maciej Mróz, “thoughts on code-sharing”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet)
  • It does not, however, reach the shore, with a continuous rip feeder channel feeding the rips to either side of the bar.2000, Andrew Short, Beaches of the Queensland Coast: Cooktown to Coolangatta, page 38
  • This is an area of spectacular tidal races, rips, swirls, boils, whirlpools, overfalls, currents, and countercurrents.2003 December, Jonathan Raban, “Julia and the Whirlpools”, in Cruising World, volume 29, number 12, page 40. From the entry race
  • A lot of people would say that future funk just rips off the original song, but I disagree.2019 November 12, Margaret Cataldi, “Classical composer explains future funk”, in The Prospector, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2020. From the entry future funk
  • It bites your shoulder, rips it right off."1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes. From the entry omadhaun

Meaning of rip

  1. verb To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
  2. verb To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
  3. verb To remove violently or wrongly.

Full definition of rip

Questions about the plural of rip

What is the plural of rip?
The plural of rip is rips.
Is rip countable?
Rip is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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