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Webster 1828 Edition


Ripping

RIP'PING

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ppr.
Cutting or tearing off or open; tearing up.

RIP'PING

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Noun.
1.
A tearing.
2.
A discovery. Obs.

Definition 2024


ripping

ripping

English

Verb

ripping

  1. present participle of rip

Adjective

ripping

  1. That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
  2. (dated, slang) Excellent.

Noun

ripping (countable and uncountable, plural rippings)

  1. Process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.
  2. (woodworking) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
  3. (Australia) Process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.