"ripping" in the verb sense

1. rend, rip, rive, pull

tear or be torn violently

"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"

"pull the cooked chicken into strips"

2. rip

move precipitously or violently

"The tornado ripped along the coast"

3. rip

cut (wood) along the grain

4. steal, rip off, rip

take without the owner's consent

"Someone stole my wallet on the train"

"This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

5. rip

criticize or abuse strongly and violently

"The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

"ripping" in the adjective sense

1. rending, ripping, splitting

resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

"the tree split with a great ripping sound"

"heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

2. excellent, first-class, fantabulous, splendid, ripping

very good of the highest quality

"made an excellent speech"

"he was a splendid teacher"

"a first-class mind"

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