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rippy

rippy adjective: resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.

Adjective

rippy (comparative more rippy, superlative most rippy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
    • a rippy noise
  2. (informal, rare) Having rips.
    • Ask T.K. about his rippy pants?1975 December 19, “The Nose Knows”, in Marshal Round-up, volume II, number 3, supplement to the Tribune-Courier (volume 88, number 95), Benton, Ky.: Marshall County High School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7...
    • This year, the boy’s wearing my last year’s dungarees, and my rippy shirt that I chewed a hole in the front of when I tried out for Little League, and my Davy Crockett coonskin cap.2008, Wally Lamb, chapter 4, in The Hour I First Believed: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 86
    Synonyms:
    ripped, torn

Proper noun capitalized: Rippy

Rippy (plural Rippys)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of rippy

Forms of rippy

Adjective
comparativemore rippy
superlativemost rippy
Proper noun
pluralRippys

Origin of rippy

From rip + -y.

Words that rhyme with rippy

10 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about rippy

What does rippy mean?
Rippy means resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
What part of speech is rippy?
Rippy can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near rippy in the dictionary

  1. rippon
  2. Ripponden
  3. Ripponlea
  4. rippons
  5. Ripps
  6. rippy
  7. Rippys
  8. riprap
  9. riprapped
  10. riprapping
  11. ripraps

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