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Definition of Ripping

1. Adjective. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree. "Heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

Definition of Ripping

1. Verb. (present participle of rip) ¹

2. Adjective. That rips, or can be removed by ripping. ¹

3. Adjective. (dated slang) Excellent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ripping

1. excellent [adj] - See also: excellent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripping

Literary usage of Ripping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Special Bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1920)
"ripping a Plank in a Railroad Shop A millwright waa ripping a plank in a railroad shop. The circular saw amputated four of his fingers. ..."

2. Military Observation Balloons (captive and Free): A Complete Treatise on by Emil Joseph Widmer (1917)
"The ripping Arrangement. The ripping arrangement serves to deflate the balloon rapidly as an aid in landing, and consists of The ripping seam, The ripping ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It is coarser for timber than for metal, coarser for ripping or sawing with the grain than ... But it is greater for cross cutting than for ripping timber. ..."

4. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by John Avery Lomax (1918)
"A ripping TRIP* YOU go aboard a leaky boat And sail for San Francisco, You've got to pump to keep her afloat, You've got that, by jingo ! ..."

5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"At first only those of small diameter were used, such as the buzz-saw of the watchmaker, for minute work, and the ripping-saw of the carpenter shop and the ..."

6. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"ripping, adj. Great. Somera. RIPPLE, (1) ». To clean flax. Honett, I660. (2) ». To scratch. North. (4) ». A particular manner of ploughing, by laying the ..."

7. A Community Arithmetic by Brenelle Hunt (1916)
"ripping BOARDS LENGTHWISE Examine the wood finish on your schoolroom about the ... ripping boards by hand is very hard work, but ripping can be done rapidly ..."

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