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ripping along

ripping along is the present participle and gerund of rip along.

Meaning of rip along

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To rush headlong.
    • And so they went ripping along, and everybody just petrified and cold to see it; and when they got to the Capitol at last it was the quickest trip that ever was made, and everybody said so.1894, Mark Twain, chapter 1, in Tom Sawyer Abroad
    Synonyms:
    tear along

Questions about ripping along

What is ripping along the present participle and gerund of?
Ripping along is the present participle and gerund of rip along.

Words near ripping along in the dictionary

  1. Rippin
  2. rippin'
  3. ripping
  4. ripping a page out of someone's book
  5. ripping a page out of someone's playbook
  6. ripping along
  7. ripping apart
  8. ripping ass
  9. ripping down
  10. ripping into
  11. ripping iron

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