# rip

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪp/ · frequency rank #4,630

## Definitions
1. To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
2. To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
3. To remove violently or wrongly.
4. To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
5. To move quickly and destructively.
6. To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
7. To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
8. To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.
9. To fart audibly.
10. To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
11. To steal; to rip off.
12. To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
13. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
14. To surf extremely well.
15. To be very good; rock

## Etymology
From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną, intensive of *raupijaną, causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-, variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”).
See also West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen, also Old English rīpan, rīepan (“to plunder”), West Frisian rippe (“to rip, tear”), German raufen (“to rip”); also Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’, possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”). More at reave, rob.

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rs)
- **RT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rt)
- **RM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rm)
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rn)
- **RP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rp)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rv)
- **RR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rr)
- **RL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rl)
- **RW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rw)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-run)
- **row** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-row)
- **rob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rob)
- **Roy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-roy)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-ron)
- **rod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rod)
- **rub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rub)
- **ROM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rom)
- **rug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rug)
- **rot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rot)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rip-vs-rna)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rip