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 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 fog-horn. Also called
lipper . - 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.
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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.
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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.
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Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper' - Los Angeles Times: Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper'
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Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper' - Los Angeles Times: Rash of murders has England fearing another 'ripper'
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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 ...
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