to rip

Examples

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• I watch everything through my Apple TV, having ripped all my DVDs to it some time ago.

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• But you and I realize that we can rip anything from a VM without any problem whatsoever.

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• Maybe I can rip a CD for your daughter.

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• It's still OK to rip a DVD for the purpose of creating clips for use in educational settings.

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• Big hard drives and you just RIP all the CDs, right?

• If you have a large CD collection, ripping your CDs twice could take an excruciatingly long time.

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• Well, I am using my PC to RIP my DVDs, HDDVDs, and Blu-Rays to a large HDD.

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• To create a backup, you should rip the audio from your favorite CDs to your computer.

• She decided to rip the DVD so she could watch it on her tablet while traveling.

• Many people rip their music collection to digital files for easier access on their devices.

Antonyms

B

to burn

• Archaic

57 4.2

To copy files onto a CD or DVD

Idioms

G

to give a rip

• Slang

2 9.5

To not care at all about something

R

to rip someone's head off

• Offensive

1 8.5

Shout at someone in a very angry way and threaten them

R

Rip van Winkle

• Literature

1 9.9

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

R

to rip your face off

• Offensive

1 9.9

To threaten to hurt someone very badly

R

rip-snorting mad

• Informal

9.5

Being very angry and hard to calm

Phrasal Verbs

R

to rip off

80 4.5

To pull something away quickly and roughly

R

to rip off

• Informal

79 6.3

To steal something quickly without the owner knowing

R

to rip off

• Informal

76 6.5

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

R

to rip out

68 4.4

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

R

to rip it up

• Informal

11 6.7

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

R

to rip to shreds

• Informal

10 6.9

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

R

to rip up

8 2.8

To tear something into small pieces

R

to rip into

• Informal

4 7.4

To attack someone with strong angry words

R

to rip off the band-aid

• Informal

1 6.6

Face a difficult or painful situation quickly instead of delaying it

R

to rip out

• Informal

1 6.9

To say something loudly and angrily

Compounds

R

rip-off

• Informal

31 7.2

A situation where someone charges too much money for something

R

rip current

2 6.0

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

T

tide rip

• Specialized

8.8

A stretch of rough water where water flows meet and swirl

Surface Forms

Etymology