ripping

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪpɪŋ/

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ripping

1. present participle and gerund of rip

ripping

1. That rips, or can be removed by ripping.
2. (dated, slang) Excellent.
   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 143:

     “First-class place, Simla. Oh, ri—ipping!” said Bobby Wick, and ordered new white cord breeches on the strength of it.

   • 1904, Edith Nesbit, The New Treasure Seekers, Chapter 1:

     We never had a Christmas in the country before. It was simply ripping.

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 111:

     “Certainly, I quite understand, my dear fellow,” Tennington had replied. “But you are to be congratulated—ripping girl, don’t you know—really.”

   • [1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section II, page 24:

     And ‘blubbing’ . . . Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. 1920s schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.]

   • 2009, Michael Henderson, 50 People Who Fouled Up Football:

     After Sir John Hall came Freddy Shepherd, and after him came Mike Ashley, who thought that tipping up to games in one of the replica shirts he flogs at Lillywhite's was a ripping wheeze.

• rippingly

ripping (countable and uncountable, plural rippings)

1. The action of one who rips (in any sense).
   1. The process of copying audio or video content from a CD, DVD, etc. to a hard disk.
   2. (woodworking) Wood that has been ripped (cut parallel to the grain).
   3. (Australia) The process of ploughing a rabbit warren with deep furrows as a form of feral control.
   4. (bodybuilding) The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.