Associations to the word «Ripping»

Wiktionary

RIPPING, verb. Present participle of rip
RIPPING, adjective. That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
RIPPING, adjective. (dated) (slang) Excellent.
RIPPING, noun. Process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk.
RIPPING, noun. (woodworking) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
RIPPING, noun. (AU) Process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.

Dictionary definition

RIPPING, adjective. Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats