rip

1. A dissolute man in fashionable society (synset 110525535)
   is a type of: debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
   same as: blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, roue
2. An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart (synset 109433806)
   "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
   is a type of: gap, opening - an open or empty space in or between things
   same as: 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 (synset 107419184)
   is a type of: turbulence, turbulency - unstable flow of a liquid or gas
   same as: countercurrent, crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip
4. The act of rending or ripping or splitting something (synset 100392215)
   "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
   is a type of: tear - the act of tearing
   same as: rent, split

1. Tear or be torn violently (synset 201576107)
   "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
   is a type of: bust, rupture, snap, tear - separate or cause to separate abruptly
   same as: pull, rend, rive
2. Move precipitously or violently (synset 202102319)
   "The tornado ripped along the coast"
   is a type of: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear - move quickly and violently
3. Cut (wood) along the grain (synset 201604068)
   is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
4. Take without the owner's consent (synset 202326737)
   "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
   is a type of: take - take by force
   subtypes:

   • abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe - make off with belongings of others
   • lift, rustle - take illegally
   • shoplift - steal in a store
   • pirate - copy illegally; of published material
   • lift, plagiarise, plagiarize - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property
   • bag, pocket - take unlawfully
   • defalcate, embezzle, malversate, misappropriate, peculate - appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
   • rob - take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
   • cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve - take by theft
   • walk off - take without permission
   • hustle, pluck, roll - sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
   • loot, plunder - take illegally; of intellectual property
   • burglarise, burglarize, burgle, heist - commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
   same as: rip off, steal
5. Criticize or abuse strongly and violently (synset 200864941)
   "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
   is a type of: assail, assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe - attack in speech or writing

Other Searches

• Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
• Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
• Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing