rip
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1.9
- noun
- /rɪp/
:
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- I put a towel over a rip in the back seat.
- rip in the fabric
- tears and rips
- holes and rips
Examples
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Hey, Chase, you have a rip in your suit.
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Doug prodded a sticking linkage, his screwdriver entering the prosthesis through a jagged rip in the plastic skin.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's just, there's a little rip.
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There was a rip in her pants, but there didn't seem to be any blood.
Fiction book (1998) -
Finally, with one tremendous rip, the bar comes away from its bolting.
Fiction book (1992) -
Cooper, fallen silent, kept pulling at a rip in the vinyl upholstery.
Fiction book (2000) -
He'd put on the pair of corduroy knickerbockers that had a small rip at the knee.
Fiction book (1993) -
He noticed a rip in his favorite shirt after brushing against the rough wall.
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The backpack had a small rip that caused some of its contents to spill out.
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She quickly sewed up the rip in her pants before the meeting.
Synonyms
337
1.0
A wound where the skin is opened by something sharp
207
1.0
A long cut in cloth or paper made by pulling it
17
3.6
A long deep cut made by a sharp object
11
1.1
A break in something, for example a tear in fabric or wood
9
8.4
An opening in cloth or other material made by pulling it apart
3
4.1
A small tear or pull in fabric caused by catching
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
2
6.0
A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rip comes from an old English word meaning 'to tear' or 'pull apart', so a rip is a quick, forceful tear in cloth or other material.