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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.
(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.
Define ripping. ripping synonyms, ripping pronunciation, ripping translation, English dictionary definition of ripping. adj. Informal Excellent; marvelous: had a ripping time at the party.
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.
From CNN. If they're having trouble ripping off flesh, they can actually tie themselves in knots, then use that as leverage to excavate meat. 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.
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.
