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Ripped

Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Ripping.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax, D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf. Raff, Ripple of flax.]

  1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.

  2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

    He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
    --Granville.

  3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.

    They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
    --Clarendon.

    For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise nor comely.
    --Milton.

  4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

    Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises.
    --Knight.

    Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook.

    Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw.

    To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See To rap out, under Rap, v. t.

Wiktionary
ripped
  1. 1 torn, either partly or into separate pieces. 2 Pulled away from forcefully. 3 In data storage, transferred to a hard disk from another portable media form. 4 copied or stolen usually from an identified source. 5 (context bodybuilding English) Having extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles. 6 (context slang English) drunk, inebriated. v

  2. (en-pastrip)

WordNet
rip
  1. n. a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, profligate, blood, roue]

  2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn: rent, snag, split, tear]

  3. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current [syn: riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent]

  4. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, split]

  5. [also: ripping, ripped]

rip
  1. v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend, rive, pull]

  2. move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"

  3. cut (wood) along the grain

  4. criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

  5. [also: ripping, ripped]

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Wikipedia
Ripped (band)

RiPPED are an alternative rock band from Burlington, Ontario, Canada on Sextant Records/ EMI Distribution. The band formed in 1994, and were originally called "Ripped Emotions".

Their first album was called Bloodshot, produced by Jamie Stewart (The Cult) and Mike Hanson of Glass Tiger. The video for the song "The Haunting" from "Bloodshot", was used in an independent feature film called "Insight of Evil" by Nigel Hartwell. The video was also on rotation on Edge TV, a music video television channel.

Ashton Price of Morph Productions produced their second album, Blow Your Mind. Dave Ogilvie who has been associated with such acts as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, David Bowie and Skinny Puppy mixed their first single "Show Me". Dan Brodbeck, of EMAC Recording Studios in London, Ontario, mixed their other singles "Anodyne" and "A Daily Ritual". Brodbeck is known best for working with popular bands such as The Salads, Jersey, Kittie and Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries.

The video for "Anodyne" by Ripped was nominated for best video in 2005 at the Hamilton Music Scene awards which take place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The video was up against other notable acts such as Finger 11, Jersey and The Marble Index.

Ripped

Ripped may refer to:

  • Ripped (band), a Canadian alt rock band
  • Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music, a book by Greg Kot
  • Ripped, a series of books and DVDs by Clarence Bass

Usage examples of "ripped".

The saucer ripped by the silver delta-winged fighter at a scant hundred yards, accelerating through Mach 2.

It tore into her like a furious cat, digging into her vitals with sharp claws and teeth that ripped and chewed.

Flora spooned up some of her soup - she was hungry, and it smelled good - and ripped apart one of the small loaves for dunking.

I mean, something flew up to it, matched velocity with it, then ripped it apart.

The weapon ripped out a series of bursts, all but one exactly five rounds.

At Mach speeds the alien boomerangs seemed to have a hard time maneuvering with precision, but as soon as the F-16s banked and slowed the little alien probes matched velocity vectors and ripped them apart.

The invisible force that grabbed him flung him sideways, slamming him into two shiny boomerangs that ripped the buttons and hasps from his flightsuit, again tossing him upward.

The faceshield of his helmet cracked and flew off as the buttons and other metal fasteners were ripped from it.

The seam on the seat of his pants ripped and his boots came apart as the eyelets were ripped out.

As Shane watched, the wallet ripped apart and a bit of metal was briefly visible, then the wallet dropped through the air, just another scrap of useless garbage to the probe.

If the damn thing pulled the metal straight out of her mouth she would likely lose some teeth and have her lips, tongue and face ripped to shreds.

The explosion tore the winning probe to bits, sending more metal scything in every direction, and the detonation and flying shrapnel ripped apart the wing of the accompanying probe, hurling it to the ground.

The zipper and snaps had been torn away and the pants were basically ripped open at the crotch.

It ripped down the back and fell away in two pieces, freeing her breasts but hampering her arms.

He unbuttoned his cotton shirt and ripped it off, replacing it with the buckskin.