rip¹ / rip/ • v. (ripped, rip·ping) 1. [tr.] tear or pull (something) quickly or forcibly away from something or someone: a fan tried to rip his pants off during a show | fig. countries ripped apart by fighting. ∎  [tr.] make a long tear or cut in: you've ripped my jacket | [as adj.] (ripped) ripped jeans. ∎  make (a hole) by force: the truck was struck by lightning and had a hole ripped out of its roof. ∎  [intr.] come violently apart; tear: he heard something rip. ∎  cut (wood) in the direction of the grain.2. [intr.] move forcefully and rapidly: fire ripped through her bungalow.3. use a program to copy (a sound sequence on a compact disc) on to a computer's hard drive: every Beatles song ever made, ripped from my boxed set of CDs. • n. 1. a long tear or cut. ∎  [in sing.] an act of tearing something forcibly.2. a fraud or swindle; a rip-off.PHRASES: let rip inf. do something or proceed vigorously or without restraint: the brass sections let rip with sheer gusto. ∎  express oneself vehemently or angrily.let something rip inf. allow something, esp. a vehicle, to go at full speed. ∎  allow something to happen forcefully or without interference: once she started a tirade, it was best to let it rip. ∎  utter or express something forcefully and noisily: when I passed the exam I let rip a “yippee.”PHRASAL VERBS: rip into inf. make a vehement verbal attack on: he ripped into me just for going into the trailer.rip someone off inf. cheat someone, esp. financially.rip something off inf. steal: they have ripped off $6.7 billion. ∎  copy; plagiarize: the film is a shameless collection of ideas ripped off from other movies.rip something up tear something violently into small pieces so as to destroy it.rip² • n. a stretch of fast-flowing and rough water in the sea or in a river, caused by the meeting of currents. ∎ short for rip current.rip³ • n. dated 1. a dissolute immoral person, esp. a man: “Where is that old rip?” a deep voice shouted. ∎  a mischievous person, esp. a child. 2. a worthless horse.

RIP¹ • abbr. rest in peace (used on grave markers).RIP² / rip; ˈär ˌī ˈpē/ • n. a raster image processor.• v. (usu. rip) (ripped, rip·ping) [tr.] rasterize (an image): once you are happy with the image, you can rip it out.

RIP Acronym for raster image processor. A device or piece of software that converts vector images to raster images, either for display on screen or for printing. An example is a PostScript interpreter, which converts the instructions in a PostScript file into pixels or into dots on paper or film. See rasterization.

RIP abbreviation of Latin requiescat in pace, ‘may he (or she) rest in peace’ or requiescant in pace, ‘may they rest in peace’, used in memorial notices and inscriptions.

RIP n. raised intracranial pressure. See intracranial (pressure).