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to rip

to rip

88 6.0
To move very quickly and with great force
  • verb
  • /rɪp/
translation icon : atravesar a gran velocidad
  • I never thought I'd say this, but let it rip.

And I just thought, you know what, let a RIP, let it go.

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Examples

  • I felt the vacuum rush of the cars speeding by, their horns ripping the day.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Rip through, rip through, rip through!

    HIM (2025)

  • And we're about to RIP, guys, this is so sick.

  • Just take a deep breath, rear back, and let it rip.

    Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)

  • Don't be embarrassed to open your mouth and let it RIP with all you've got.

  • Still in his favorite fishing hat, he rips his line off the water and casts upstream.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The wind was so strong that it seemed to rip the leaves right off the trees.

  • When the match started, the athletes ripped down the track with incredible speed.

  • The angry storm ripped through the small town, causing extensive damage.

Synonyms

to rush
vsto rip
548 1.0

To move or act quickly because a situation needs it

is more violent and sudden rather than mainly urgent
to jerk
vsto rip
217 2.0

To move something suddenly and sharply

is larger and more forceful rather than a small sharp motion
to flash
vsto rip
12 2.2

To move very quickly for a short time

is forceful and often violent rather than merely brief speed

Antonyms

to slow down
687 1.4

To move or act more slowly

to linger
207 3.7

To stay in a place longer than expected because you do not want to leave

Idioms

to give a rip
  • Slang
2 9.5

To not care at all about something

to rip someone's head off
  • Offensive
1 8.5

Shout at someone in a very angry way and threaten them

Rip van Winkle
  • Literature
1 9.9

A person who is unaware of changes after a long time away

to rip your face off
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To threaten to hurt someone very badly

rip-snorting mad
  • Informal
9.5

Being very angry and hard to calm

Phrasal Verbs

to rip off
80 4.5

To pull something away quickly and roughly

to rip off
  • Informal
79 6.3

To steal something quickly without the owner knowing

to rip off
  • Informal
76 6.5

To cheat someone by charging too much money or selling fake goods

to rip out
68 4.4

To pull something out quickly and with force, often to remove it completely

to rip it up
  • Informal
11 6.7

To tear something into pieces or throw it away and start again

to rip to shreds
  • Informal
10 6.9

Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it

to rip up
8 2.8

To tear something into small pieces

to rip into
  • Informal
4 7.4

To attack someone with strong angry words

to rip off the band-aid
  • Informal
1 6.6

Face a difficult or painful situation quickly instead of delaying it

to rip out
  • Informal
1 6.9

To say something loudly and angrily

Compounds

rip-off
  • Informal
31 7.2

A situation where someone charges too much money for something

rip current
2 6.0

A strong narrow flow of water moving from the shore out to sea that can pull swimmers away

tide rip
  • Specialized
8.8

A stretch of rough water where water flows meet and swirl

How Fast

sprint
55 2.1
to rip
88 6.0
to rush
548 1.0
to hurry
∞ 1.0
to walk
∞ 1.0
crawl
23 1.2

Surface Forms

rip infinitive
ripped past
ripped past participle
ripping present participle
rips third person singular

Etymology

To rip (move very quickly) borrows the same image of a sudden tear or strong pull, so when something rips along it moves fast and with great force.