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Is rip a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rip is a Scrabble US word. The word rip is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

R1I1P3

Is rip a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rip is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

R1I1P3

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R1I1P4

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3-letter words (2 found)

PIR,RIP,

2-letter words (1 found)

PI,

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Definitions and meaning of rip

rip

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rĭp, IPA(key): /ɹɪp/
  • Rhymes: -ɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle English rippen, from earlier ryppen (“to pluck”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rupjaną, *ruppōną (compare West Frisian rippe, ripje, roppe, ropje (“to rip”), Dutch dialectal rippen, Low German ruppen, German Low German röpen, German rupfen), intensive of *raupijaną (compare Old English rīpan, rīepan (“to plunder”), West Frisian rippe (“to rip, tear”), German raufen (“to rip”)), causative of Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub- (compare Albanian rrabe ‘maquis’, possibly Latin rubus (“bramble”)), variant of *Hrewp- (“to break”). More at reave, rob.

Verb

rip (third-person singular simple present rips, present participle ripping, simple past and past participle ripped)

  1. (transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
  2. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
  3. (transitive) To remove violently or wrongly.
  4. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
  5. (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively.
  6. (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
    Coordinate term: crosscut
  7. (transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
  8. (slang) To take a hit, dose or shot of a drug (such as marijuana) or alcohol.
  9. (slang) To fart audibly.
  10. (transitive, sometimes US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
  11. (transitive, slang, chiefly demoscene) To steal; to rip off.
  12. To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
  13. (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
  14. (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well.
  15. (intransitive, slang) To be very good; rock
Synonyms
  • tear
Derived terms
Related terms
  • ripper
Translations

Noun

rip (plural rips)

  1. A tear (in paper, etc.).
  2. A type of strong, rough tide or current.
    1. (Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
      • 2010, Jeff Wilks, Donna Prendergast, Chapter 9: Beach Safety and Millennium Youth: Travellers and Sentinels, Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, Tourism and Generation Y, page 100,
        Given that a large number of all rescues conducted by Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) occur in rips (a rip being a relatively narrow, seaward moving stream of water), this is critical surf-safety information (Surf Life Saving Australia, 2005).
    2. (chiefly in the plural) A tract of broken water (in a river or stream), particularly one which is not as rough as rapids.
  3. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
  4. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
  5. (UK, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
  6. (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
  7. (computing, slang) Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
  8. (slang) A fart.
  9. (demoscene, slang) Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
  10. (music, informal) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
  11. Ellipsis of ripsaw (“saw for cutting wood along its grain”).
  12. (Canada, slang) A joyride.
Synonyms
  • tear
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Uncertain; perhaps a variant of rep (“reprobate”).

Noun

rip (plural rips)

  1. (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag. [from 18th c.]
  2. (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel. [from 18th c.]

Etymology 3

Noun

rip (plural rips)

  1. (Scotland) A handful of unthreshed grain.

Etymology 4

Interjection

rip

  1. (Internet slang) Alternative letter-case form of RIP.

References

Anagrams

  • pir, irp, RPI, IPR, PRI, IRP, PIR, iPr

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

rip

  1. imperative of ripe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riːp/

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from Dutch or Frisian. Compare Old Norse ríp.

Alternative forms

  • ripa, ripe

Noun

rip f (definite singular ripa, indefinite plural ripar or riper, definite plural ripane or ripene)

  1. (nautical) gunwale

Etymology 2

From the verb ripa.

Noun

rip n (definite singular ripet, indefinite plural rip, definite plural ripa)

  1. a scratch

Verb

rip

  1. imperative of ripa

References

  • “rip” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • pir, RIP, R.I.P.

Old English

Verb

rīp

  1. singular of imp

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English reef.

Noun

rip

  1. reef

Derived terms

  • drairip (“low tide”)

Source: wiktionary.org