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ripping

[rip-ing]

adjective

  1. Chiefly British Informal.excellent; splendid; fine.



ripping

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. archaicexcellent; splendid

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • rippingly adverb
  • ˈ辱Բ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ripping1

First recorded in 1705–15; rip 1 + -ing 2
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Political leaders and railroad officials insisted that the strikers were insurrectionists ripping at the fabric of the republic.

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I just did one for a documentary called “Long Knife,” about the Koch brothers ripping off the Osage Nation.

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We could be saying to people, “They’re distracting you. It's not trans kids who are ripping you off and making your life so miserable. It's those guys over there.”

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Almost all Nike trainers are made in Asia – a region targeted by Trump's tariffs salvo against foreign countries he accuses of "ripping off" Americans.

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There weren’t any differences before Donald Trump decided it was time to accuse China of “ripping us off” again.

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