What is "ripping"

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.

"cutting," 1714, present participle adjective from rip (v.). Slange meaning "Very fast, rapid" os from 1826, hence further slang development "excellent, splendid" (1846). Related: Rippingly.

1. 1 That rips, or can be removed by ripping. 2 (context dated slang English) excellent. n. 1 Process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk. 2 (cx woodworking English) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain). 3 (context AU English) Process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control. v

2. (present participle of rip English)

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]

adj. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, splitting]

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]

See rip

Ripping is the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk, typically from removable media such as compact disc (CD) or DVD, although the word refers to all forms of media. Despite the name, neither the media nor the data is damaged after extraction. Ripping is often used to shift formats, and to edit, duplicate or back up media content. Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) is a more formal phrase applied to the ripping of audio CDs. A rip is the copied content, in its destination format, along with accompanying files (such as a cue sheet or log file from the ripping software).

Ripping is distinct from simple file copying, in that the source audio or video often isn't originally formatted for ease of use in a computer file system; ripping such data usually involves reformatting it and optionally compressing it during the extraction process.

The correct use of the term rip refers to reading digital data directly from the source material without first converting it to analog and then re-encoding it. This was an important distinction in the early days of CD-ROM drives because some of them could not do DAE. Digitizing audio and video originally stored on analog formats, such as vinyl records is often incorrectly referred to as ripping

Ripping is the stage that people, mainly bodybuilders, go through in order to lose body fat to a very low percentage. The idea is that if one's body fat is low, then muscle tissue will be more visible and therefore a better-looking body will emerge.

The ripping process usually occurs once a year for those who participate in body building. In the stage of ripping, there is a change in diet and exercise in order to maintain muscle mass and, at the same time, lose a significant amount of body fat. It is the stage that body builders do not often look forward to, as it means giving up the food and drink that they enjoy in order to reach their desired change in body shape and definition. Also it may mean an increase or decrease in particular desired training routines. The ripping stage takes as long as a person wishes it to be. However, when body fat reaches such low levels, it becomes dangerous, which is why body builders don't usually continue with this process all year round. Most body builders spend on average around 12–16 weeks of ripping.