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# ripper

«ripper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person or tool that rips or tears things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a ripper, rippers); adjective (ripper — Australia, NZ slang)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A ripper is a person or tool that rips or tears things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#m1)

2) (Australia, NZ, slang) «Ripper!» means great or excellent; «a ripper» is something really good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#m2)

3) «Jack the Ripper» is the name given to an unknown murderer in London long ago; this is a grim, adult part of history. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In Australian and New Zealand speech it is cheerful praise («You little ripper!»). In history it may come up with Victorian London. As a tool word, a «seam ripper» unpicks stitches in sewing. Phrases: «You little ripper!», «a ripper of a day», «seam ripper».

### examples

- That was a ripper of a game, mate! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#x1)
- «You little ripper!» Grandpa shouted when we won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#x2)
- Mum used a seam ripper to undo the wrong stitches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#x3)
- It was a ripper day at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#x4)
- Bluey's dad might call a good cake a ripper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#x5)
- The police never caught Jack the Ripper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/#x6)

### note

The slang sense is informal and friendly, mainly Australian and New Zealand. Countable noun: rippers. The name «Jack the Ripper» is about real murders and is not a joke word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ripper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.