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    ripping
    /ˈrɪpɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. splendid; excellent: informal, dated British "she's going to have a ripping time"

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  2. The meaning of RIPPING is excellent, delightful. How to use ripping in a sentence.

  3. (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.

  4. Ripping definition: excellent; splendid; fine.. See examples of RIPPING used in a sentence.

  5. Ripping is an informal adjective meaning excellent or marvelous, or a noun meaning tearing or splitting. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of ripping in different contexts and languages.

  6. Rip can be a verb meaning to tear, slash, or hit sharply, or a noun meaning a tear, a current, or a dissolute person. It has no relation to ripping music or videos, which is called ripping.

  7. Ripping is the present participle of rip, which means to tear something apart or to damage something. Learn how to use ripping in different contexts with sentences from various sources.

  8. 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.