Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that rips.
- noun One who commits murder with a knife or similar sharp object.
- noun Slang One that is an excellent example of its kind.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fog-horn. Also called
lipper . - noun One who or that which rips, tears, or cuts open; a ripping-tool.
- noun A very efficient person or thing; one who does great execution: as, he is a regular ripper.
- noun A robber. Halliwell (in the form ripier). See
rip , transitive verb, 5. - noun One who brings fish inland from the coast to market.
- noun A rip-saw.
- noun A double-ripper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.
- noun A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
- noun Slang. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Something that rips (something else).
- noun Someone who rips (something).
- noun A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of
appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials. - noun A
murderer who kills and oftenmutilates victims with ablade or similar sharpweapon . - noun mining A
hook -like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc. - noun UK, slang Something that is an excellent example of its kind.
- noun computing
Software that extracts content fromfiles orstorage media .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
Etymologies
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Examples
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Operation arrowhead ripper is consistent with what Sir Robert thompson termed the four stages of clearing, holding, winning and won.
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The second goal came on a 30-foot ripper from the right wing circle that screamed past Roy, and the final goal was a rebound goal that was lifted high into the net.
USATODAY.com - McCarty hat trick drives Wings to victory in opener 2002
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The problem I'm having is that the built-in subtitle ripper doesn't get the times right on some movies.
Doom9's Forum 2009
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The problem I'm having is that the built-in subtitle ripper doesn't get the times right on some movies.
Doom9's Forum 2009
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Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper' - Los Angeles Times: Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper'
Return of the Ripper? Bill Crider 2006
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Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper' - Los Angeles Times: Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper'
Archive 2006-12-10 Bill Crider 2006
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market � software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market � software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.
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Hollywood in showdown over DVD 'ripper' - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's ...
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“The hot dogs are fried to obtain that ‘ripper’ state where they plump and crisp, and split either at the ends or down the middle,” Pichetto said.
djp72 commented on the word ripper
this word is a positive exclaimation: "good one" - it can be used for a person, place, thing, event, anything. as in "you little ripper!" or "the party was a ripper"
December 11, 2006