rip /ˈrɪp/
 裂痕,破綻,拉裂,不中用的東西,浪子,巨浪(vi.)拉開,劃開,猛衝(vt.)撕,扯,劈
 Rip n.  A wicker fish basket.
 Rip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped p. pr. & vb. n. Ripping.]
 1. 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.
 2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.
    He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.   --Granville.
 3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.
    They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.   --Clarendon.
    For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.   --Milton.
 4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
 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.
 Rip, n.
 1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
 2.  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.]
 3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
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 rip
      n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, profligate,
            blood, roue]
      2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
         rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
         rent, snag, split, tear]
      3: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by
         one current flowing into or across another current [syn: riptide,
          tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent]
      4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
         gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, split]
      v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
           bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend,
            rive, pull]
      2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along
         the coast"
      3: cut (wood) along the grain
      4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate
         ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
      [also: ripping, ripped]