Verb

(ripp)

To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

to rip''' a garment; to '''rip up a floor

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, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.}}

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}

To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.

My shirt ripped when it caught on a bramble.

To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.

* Granville

He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.

(figurative) To move quickly and destructively.

* 2007 , Roger Baker, Emotional Processing (page 136)

On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people.

(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.

(transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.

(slang, narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.

(slang) To fart.

(US, slang) To mock or criticize.

(transitive, slang, chiefly, demoscene) To steal; to rip off.

* 2001 , "rex deathstar", Opensource on demoscene'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )

opensource is a double-edged sword. while you have a chance of people using and improving on the code, you will also have the chance of lamers ripping it.

* 2002 , "Ray Norrish", Barbarian demo circa 1988?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.emulators.amiga )

To move or act fast, to rush headlong.

(archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up .

* Clarendon

They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.

* Milton

For brethren to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy is neither wise nor comely.

Verb

To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

To move slowly.

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= James R. Carter

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Flowers and Ribbons of Ice , passage=Dragging yourself out of a warm bed in the early hours of a wintry morning to go for a hike in the woods: It’s not an easy thing for some to do, but the visual treasures that await could be well worth the effort. If the weather conditions and the local flora are just right, you might come across fleeting, delicate frozen formations sprouting from certain plant stems, literally a garden of ice.}}

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

* Byron

The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun.

* Gay

Long, open panegyric drags at best.

To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

* Dryden

have dragged a lingering life

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

* Russell

A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her.

(computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.

To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.

To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

(soccer) To hit or kick off target.

* November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]

Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.

To fish with a dragnet.

To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

* Tennyson

while I dragged my brains for such a song