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rip verb- to cheat or swindle someone US, 1904
- “How much did you pay for this man?” I asked her. “Sixty-five.” I pressed my lips together. “You got ripped.” — Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, p. 18, 1999
- to steal something US
- Most cars you rip are worth two or three hundred dollars. — Repo Man, 1984
- to kill someone US
- He probably had him ripped anyway. — Vernon E. Smith, The Jones Men, p. 5, 1974
- to travel quickly UK
- [T]he others got drunk and ripped up and down the streets on their bikes. — Jamie Mandelkau, Buttons, p. 102, 1971
- to surf in a bold, skilled manner US
- — Brian and Margaret Lowdon, Competitive Surfing, 1988
- to excel US
- CHAZZ: You like that Seattle bullshit? CALLER 1: Shroud rips, dude. — Airheads, 1994
- “You fully rip,” Duck said. — Francesca Lia Block, Baby Be-Bop, p. 471, 1995
▶ rip a new asshole to berate someone severely US- She would have some beef with me, real or imagined, and she’d rip me a new asshole or give me the silent treatment. — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 168, 1995
▶ rip into to attack someone or something with vigour or gusto AUSTRALIA, 1970 Either physically or verbally.- Ralph Broom ripped into the Graham Kennedy conference in The Sun the next day and tore it to shreds. — Bert Newton, Bert!, p. 145, 1977
- The only time we had any chance of getting any affection or attention was at night when it was too dark to check out the tubes. Then he’d rip into you. — Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey, Puberty Blues, p. 75, 1979
▶ rip it up to enjoy energetically, to dance US- — Little Richard, Rip It Up, 1956
- When Bill Haley sung “Let’s rip it up, we’re gonna rip it up at the joint tonight”, it was the best thing kids had ever heard. Whether it meant “let’s have some fun”, or whether it was really a cry to “rip things up”, made little difference, it united the younger generation all over Britain. — Simon Napier-Bell, Black Vinyl White Powder, p. 9, 2001
▶ rip off a piece (of ass) to have sex US- “Nice piece of ass,” the man said. “You ripping off some of that?” — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, p. 149, 1971
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