Definition: rip

Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

rip
     n 1: 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" [syn: rent, split, tear]
     3: a stretch of turbulent water in the sea [syn: riptide, tide
        rip, crosscurrent]
     4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
        gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: rent, split]
     v 1: 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" [syn: tear]
     3: cut (wood) along the grain
     4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate
        ripped into his opponent mercilessly"

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rip \Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to
   E. corb. Cf. Ripier.]
   A wicker fish basket.

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.

Rip \Rip\, n.
   1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear;
      a place torn; laceration.

   2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A
      term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a
      scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
      [Slang.]

   3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing
      tides or currents.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)

RIP

   1. <networking> Routing Information Protocol.

   2.  Raster Image Processor.

   (2003-09-10)

Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001

RIP
        Raster Image Processor (DTP)

RIP
        Routing Information Protocol (BSD, IGP, RFC 1721, IP)

RIP
        Remote Imaging Protocol (BBS)

Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

rip v. 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music
   from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a "CD ripper".
   2. [Amiga hackers] To extract sound or graphics from a program that they
   have been compiled/assembled into, or which generates them at run-time.
   In the case of older Amiga games this entails searching through memory
   shortly after a reboot. This sense has been in use for many years and
   probably gave rise to the (now more common) sense 1.