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# ripping

«ripping» in Mova's school dictionary: **Present participle of «rip»: tearing quickly and roughly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (rip, rips, ripped, ripping); adjective (ripping — UK, old-fashioned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Present participle of «rip»: tearing quickly and roughly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#m1)

2) adjective (UK, old-fashioned, informal) Wonderful, excellent: «a ripping adventure». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#m2)

3) (informal) Moving very fast or strongly: «a ripping current». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#m3)

4) ripping off (slang) Cheating someone by charging too much; also copying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: ripping paper, ripping open presents. In old British children's books «a ripping time» means a great time. At the beach, a «rip» current is dangerous. Phrases: «ripping open», «ripping yarn», «ripping someone off».

### examples

- He was ripping open his birthday presents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x1)
- The dog is ripping up the newspaper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x2)
- "What a ripping adventure!" said Jack in the old story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x3)
- Stop ripping pages out of your book! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x4)
- That shop is ripping people off with high prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x5)
- The wind was ripping through the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x6)
- John said “How ripping,” but decided to have tea first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripping/#x7)

### note

Double «p» before «-ing»: rip, ripped, ripping. The «wonderful» sense is old-fashioned British, mostly in old books. «Rip-off» (slang) means something overpriced.

### Trees and pragmatics

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