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- Dictionaryripping/ˈrɪpɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. splendid; excellent: informal, dated British "she's going to have a ripping time"
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The meaning of RIPPING is excellent, delightful. How to use ripping in a sentence.
1. a. : to tear or split apart or open. b. : to saw or split (wood) with the grain. 2. : to slash or slit with or as if with a sharp blade. 3. : to hit sharply. ripped a double to left field. 4. : to utter violently : spit out. ripped out an oath. 5. : criticize, disparage. intransitive verb. 1.
present participle of rip. (Definition of ripping from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ripping. ripping. In a corner, one of the musicians, barefoot, was ripping various things into shreds, searching for (and finding) the sound of breaking bones. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Ripping definition: excellent; splendid; fine.. See examples of RIPPING used in a sentence.
From Wired. In most cases when a suspended person falls, though, the fall isn't due to the skin actually ripping. From The Atlantic. He's almost losing fights because the soles are ripping off. From A.V. Club. He was fascinated with the sound of ripping. From Slate Magazine. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.
Define ripping. ripping synonyms, ripping pronunciation, ripping translation, English dictionary definition of ripping. adj. Informal Excellent; marvelous: had a ripping time at the party. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
ripping in American English. (ˈrɪpɪŋ ) adjective. 1. that rips or tears. 2. Chiefly British, Slang, Obsolete. excellent; fine; splendid. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Definitions of ripping. adjective. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree. “the tree split with a great ripping sound”. synonyms: rending, splitting. cacophonic, cacophonous. having an unpleasant sound.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word ripping. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Ripping Sentence Examples. There was a small scream, then the crack of bone and ripping of flesh. Jackson began ripping down the sheets and knocking over the partitions as he yelled for Elisabeth. You had no trouble ripping him from me or me from my own life.
