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ripped

/ɹɪpt/

ripped is the simple past and past participle of rip.

Adjective

ripped (comparative more ripped, superlative most ripped)

  1. Torn, either partly or into separate pieces.
    Synonyms:
    torn
  2. Pulled away from forcefully.
  3. In data storage, transferred to a hard disk from another portable media form.
  4. Copied or stolen usually from an identified source.
    • Stream ripping had a major impact on the global recorded music industry in 2016. This fast growing piracy delivery method witnessed a 60% year-on-year growth globally.2016 December 20, “Ripping is back: 2017’s biggest music piracy threat”, in www.muso.com, archived from the original on 03 May 2017
  5. Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles or of men who have them.
    • Near-synonyms: jacked, shredded
    • With the average male competitor weighing around 220, the total poundage of raw, ripped mass in the preliminary lineup is over 3,700 pounds.1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34
  6. (slang) Drunk, inebriated.
    • So I commenced to drink the whole bottle for the 2nd time in my life & got really really ripped. I only remember bits of the nite.1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
    Synonyms:
    drunk

Meaning of rip

Verb

rip (third-person singular simple present rips, present participle ripping, simple past and past participle ripped)

  1. (transitive) 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.
    • to rip a garment; to rip up a floor
  2. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
    • My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
  3. (transitive) To remove violently or wrongly.
    • A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
  4. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
    • He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.1726, George Granville, Cleora
  5. (figuratively, intransitive) To move quickly and destructively.
    • The tornado ripped through northern Nebraska.
  6. To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.

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Synonyms of ripped

Forms of ripped

comparativemore ripped
superlativemost ripped

Phrases with ripped

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Words that rhyme with ripped

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Questions about ripped

What does ripped mean?
Ripped means torn, either partly or into separate pieces.
What is ripped the simple past and past participle of?
Ripped is the simple past and past participle of rip.
What part of speech is ripped?
Ripped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ripped?
Ripped is pronounced /ɹɪpt/.

Words near ripped in the dictionary

  1. Ripp
  2. rippa rugby
  3. rippability
  4. rippable
  5. rippchen
  6. ripped
  7. ripped a page out of someone's book
  8. ripped a page out of someone's playbook
  9. ripped along
  10. ripped apart
  11. ripped ass

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