Crossword clues for ripper
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. Rip a basket, or Riparian.] (O.E. Law) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. [Obs.]
But what's the action we are for now ?
Robbing a ripper of his fish.
--Beau. & Fl.
Ripper \Rip"per\, n.
One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.
A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, agent noun from rip (v.). Meaning "killer who mutilates his victims" (1890) is from Jack the Ripper, notorious London murderer, whose nickname contains a pun on ripper in sense of "tool for ripping" old slates, etc. (1823) and the slang meaning "excellent person or thing, a 'ripping' fellow" (1838), from ripping "excellent, splendid."
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 Something that rips (something else). 2 Someone who rips (something). 3 A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials. 4 A murderer who kills and often mutilation victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon. 5 (context mining English) A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc. 6 (context British AU slang English) Something that is an excellent example of its kind. 7 (context computing English) software that extracts content from files or storage media. 8 (context agriculture English) A tool or plant used to reduce soil compaction. 9 (cx US New Jersey slang English) A hot dog deep-fried in oil until the casing bursts. Etymology 2
alt. (context obsolete English) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. n. (context obsolete English) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
WordNet
n. a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the ripper was probably a madman"
Wikipedia
Ripper or The Ripper may refer to:
Ripper is an interactive movie point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Take-Two Interactive for Microsoft Windows. The game has a cast that includes celebrities such as Christopher Walken, Paul Giamatti, Karen Allen, Burgess Meredith and John Rhys-Davies. It also featured the hit Blue Öyster Cult song " (Don't Fear) The Reaper".
There is no definite canonical answer on who the villain of the game is, since this is decided by the game at random, out of four main characters. A limited number of the clues and puzzles, plus a single line of dialogue in the ending, change according to the villain's identity.
In 1996 home ports for the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation were announced, but both were eventually cancelled.
Ripper (also known as Ripper: Letter from Hell in the United States) is a 2001 Canadian-British horror film, directed by John Eyres. The film stars A. J. Cook and Bruce Payne. It was written and produced by John A. Curtis and Evan Tylor and by production companies Prophecy Entertainment and Studio Eight Productions.
"Ripper" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 7 May 1999, during the fifth season.
Ripper is a racquetball racquet. It is labeled with the word titanium, the slogan "Crushing power", the registered trademark " Wilson", as well as the "U.S. Pat. No. 6,935,975". According to the on-line United States Patent and Trademark Office as of May 11, 2007, there were only two "live" trademarks for the full mark, "Ripper". The racquet is also labeled with "Ripper" followed by the trademark symbol " TM". Wilson Sporting Goods claims that the racquet is made in China and has a:
:*weight of 215 grams,
:*head size of 108 square inches,
:*string tension of 33 to 35 lbf, and
:*an even balance.
Ripper is the slang term for a type of hot dog. The name derives from a hot dog which is deep fried in oil and having some casings burst, or "rip".
"Rippers" were featured in the Travel Channel special "Hot Dog Heaven" and served as a major plot point in a first season episode of the internet serial "Ripster's" which centers on the Pennsylvania tavern of the same name that serves a similar type of hot dog.
Ripper is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series of the 1980s. He is affiliated with Cobra as one of the Dreadnoks and debuted in 1985.
Ripper is the surname of:
- Eric Ripper (born 1951), Australian retired politician
- Georgie Ripper (born 1977), English children's book illustrator
- João Guilherme Ripper (born 1959), Brazilian composer, conductor and academic
- Michael Ripper (1913-2000), English actor
- Velcrow Ripper (born 1963), Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and public speaker
- William Ripper (1853-1937), British mechanical engineer and academic
Usage examples of "ripper".
It would have taken the Ripper five minutes or more to disembowel poor Catherine and arrange her innards on the ground the way he did.
I think it is highly significant that even after the frenzy created by the Jack the Ripper pseudonym, the writer of the Lusk letter does not use it.
DOOM PATROL, we meet hermaphroditic aliens and transvestite city streets, orgone cops and psychedelic pranksters, Gnostic terrorists and insect theologians and cultists who worship Jack the Ripper as God.
Now, as I understand it, this Wyrm fella is sorta like a mix-up between Satan and Jack the Ripper, with all the charm of Adolf Hitler.
As long as the media is filled with a transgenic Jack the Ripper, negotiating with Terminal City gets lost in the alarmist shuffle.
The standard boggart pit is six feet deep but for a ripper, the most dangerous boggart of all, nine feet is the norm.
Fido, distinguished and prolific author, scholar, criminologist, and now good friend, for his extraordinary contributions to the Jack the Ripper case and our understanding of it, as well as his general good counsel.
Taped to the inside of the locker was a picture of Orion Kronsteen in his Jack the Ripper makeup from London Screams, clipped reverentially from an old Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.
The waking world gave birth to bloodworms and barbed rippers and spiked golems in their own organic armor.
This witness Anderson mentions is probably Joseph Lawende, the cigarette salesman who was believed to have seen Catherine Eddowes with the Ripper at the entrance to Mitre Square.
In the Ripper examination we discussed general motives of the lust murderer.
RIPPER L To SAY THE proprietor's accusation caused a stir atour table is like sayin' it would cause raised eye-brows to have Don Bruce as the guest speaker at aPoliceman's Banquet.
Not one of those mindless, looney-bin rejects who line the bookracks: The Exterminator, The Extincter, The Ripper, The Slasher, The Wiper-Outer, The Mutilator, The Ix-Nayer, all those same series, with their same covers, their same plots, and their same moronic machine-gunning leads who figure the best way to solve a problem is to shoot it.
A growing awareness of the importance of competent postmortem examinations and handling of evidence added further value and prestige to the office of coroner, and in 1888 - when the Ripper murders began - a governmental act mandated that death investigation findings by coroners would no longer render any sort of financial benefit to the crown.
A growing awareness of the importance of competent postmortem examinations and handling of evidence added further value and prestige to the office of coroner, and in 1888 - when the Ripper murders began - a governmental act mandated that death investigation findings by coroners would no longer render any sort of financial benefit to the crown.