Rip vs Crack - What's the difference?
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A tear (in paper, etc.).
A type of tide or current.
# (Australia) A strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
#* 2000 , Andrew Short, Beaches of the Queensland Coast: Cooktown to Coolangatta ,
#* 2005 , Paul Smitz, Australia & New Zealand on a Shoestring , Lonely Planet,
#* 2010 , Jeff Wilks, Donna Prendergast, Chapter 9: Beach Safety and Millennium Youth: Travellers and Sentinels'', Pierre Benckendorff, Gianna Moscardo, Donna Pendergast, ''Tourism and Generation Y ,
(slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
(slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
(UK, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
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.
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, title= * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
* Granville
(figurative) To move quickly and destructively.
* 2007 , Roger Baker, Emotional Processing (page 136)
(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 )
* 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
* Milton
*1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), page 76:
*:If there were, in clubs and places where men talk, unpleasant rumours as to himself he preferred it to be thought that he was the rip , not his wife the strumpet.
(senseid)To form cracks.
To break apart under pressure.
To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
To make a cracking sound.
(of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
(of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
To make a sharply humorous comment.
To make a crack or cracks in.
To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
To strike forcefully.
To open slightly.
To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure. (Figurative )
To solve a difficult problem.
To overcome a security system or a component.
To cause to make a sharp sound.
* 2001 , Doug McGuinn, The Apple Indians
To tell (a joke).
(transitive, chemistry, informal) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
(computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
(informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
(obsolete) To brag, boast.
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* Shakespeare
(archaic, colloquial) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
* Dryden
(senseid)A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
A narrow opening.
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A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
A potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
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(onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
(onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
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(informal) An attempt at something.
(vulgar, slang) vagina.
(vulgar) The space between the buttocks.
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humourous storytelling; good company.
* 2001 , William F. Gray, The Villain , iUniverse, p. 214:
* 2004 , Bill Griffiths, Dictionary of North East Dialect , Northumbria University Press (quoting Dunn, 1950)
* 2006 , Patrick McCabe, Winterwood , Bloomsbury 2007, p. 10:
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business/events/news
(computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
(Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a meaningful chat.
(Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
* Shakespeare
(archaic) A mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity.
(archaic) A crazy or crack-brained person.
* Addison
(obsolete) A boast; boasting.
* Burton
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Breach of chastity.
(obsolete) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
* Shakespeare
(slang, dated, UK) A brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
Highly trained and competent.
Excellent, first-rate, superior, top-notch.
In transitive terms the difference between rip and crack
is that rip is to get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing while crack is to tell (a joke).In intransitive terms the difference between rip and crack
is that rip is to tear apart; to rapidly become two parts while crack is to make a sharply humorous comment.In archaic terms the difference between rip and crack
is that rip is to tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up while crack is a crazy or crack-brained person.As an interjection RIP
is rest in peace.As an adjective crack is
highly trained and competent.rip
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) rippen, from earlier ryppen ‘to pluck’, from (etyl) - ‘to break’.Wolfgang Pfeifer, ed., ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen , s.v. “raufen” (Munich: Deutscher Taschenbucher Vertrag, 2005), 1090. More at reave, rob.Noun
(en noun)page 38,
- Rhythmic beaches consist of a rhythmic longshore bar that narrows and deepens when the rip' crosses the breaker, and in between broadens, shoals and approaches the shore. It does not, however, reach the shore, with a continuous '''rip''' feeder channel feeding the ' rips to either side of the bar.
page 466,
- Undertows (or ‘rips'’) are the main problem. If you find yourself being carried out by a '''rip''', the important thing to do is just keep afloat; don?t panic or try to swim against the '''rip''', which will exhaust you. In most cases the current stops within a couple of hundred metres of the shore and you can then swim parallel to the shore for a short way to get out of the ' rip and make your way back to land.
page 100,
- Given that a large number of all rescues conducted by Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) occur in rips' (a ' rip being a relatively narrow, seaward moving stream of water), this is critical surf-safety information (Surf Life Saving Australia, 2005).
Synonyms
*Verb
(ripp)- to rip''' a garment; to '''rip up a floor
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.}}
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.}}
- My shirt ripped when it caught on a bramble.
- He'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
- On 18 November 1987 a horrific flash fire ripped through the escalators and ticket hall of King's Cross tube station, killing thirty people.
- 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.
- They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion.
- For brethren to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy is neither wise nor comely.
Derived terms
* * to rip it up (ripping it up ) * *Synonyms
*Etymology 2
Compare Icelandic (hrip), a box or basket; perhaps akin to English corb. Compare ripier.Etymology 3
Origin uncertain; perhaps a variant of .Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
*References
crack
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) crakken, craken, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- It's been so dry, the ground is starting to crack .
- When I tried to stand on the chair, it cracked .
- Anyone would crack after being hounded like that.
- When we showed him the pictures of the murder scene, he cracked .
- The bat cracked with authority and the ball went for six.
- His voice cracked with emotion.
- His voice finally cracked when he was fourteen.
- "I would too, with a face like that," she cracked .
- The ball cracked the window.
- You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
- She cracked him over the head with her handbag.
- Could you please crack the window?
- They managed to crack him on the third day.
- I've finally cracked it, and of course the answer is obvious in hindsight.
- It took a minute to crack''' the lock, three minutes to '''crack''' the security system, and about twenty minutes to ' crack the safe.
- They finally cracked the code.
- to crack a whip
- Hershell cracked his knuckles, a nervous habit that drove Inez crazy
- The performance was fine until he cracked that dead baby joke.
- Acetone is cracked to ketene and methane at 700°C.
- That software licence will expire tomorrow unless we can crack it.
- I'd love to crack open a beer .
- Cardan cracks that he can cure all diseases with water alone, as Hippocrates of old did most infirmities with one medicine.
- Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack .
- The creditof exchequers cracks , when little comes in and much goes out.
Derived terms
* bumcrack * crack a crib * crack a fat * crack baby * crack down * cracked * cracker * crack house * crack kills * crack of dawn * crack on * crack seed * crack up * crack whore * fall between the cracks * difficult nut to crack * hard nut to crack * tough nut to crack * what's the crack * wisecrackNoun
(en noun)- A large crack had formed in the roadway.
- We managed to squeeze through a crack in the rock wall.
- Open the door a crack .
citation, page= , passage=Dimitar Berbatov found the first cracks in the home side's resilience when he pulled one back from close range and Hernandez himself drew the visitors level with a composed finish three minutes later as Bloomfield Road's earlier jubilation turned to despair. }}
- I didn't appreciate that crack about my hairstyle.
- I wouldn't use it, if I was going to use it I can afford real cocaine. Crack is wack.
- The crack of the falling branch could be heard for miles.
- The crack of the bat hitting the ball.
citation, page= , passage=She broke to love in the opening game, only for Bartoli to hit straight back in game two, which was interrupted by a huge crack of thunder that made Lisicki jump and prompted nervous laughter from the 15,000 spectators.}}
- I'd like to take a crack at that game.
- I'm so horny even the crack of dawn isn't safe!
- Pull up your pants! Your crack is showing.
- Being a native of Northumberland, she was enjoying their banter and Geordie good humour. This was what she needed — good company and good crack .
- "his a bit o' good crack — interesting to talk to"
- By the time we've got a good drunk on us there'll be more crack in this valley than the night I pissed on the electric fence!
- The crack was good.
- That was good crack .
- He/she is quare good crack .
- The party was great crack .
- What's the crack ?
- Has anyone got a crack for DocumentWriter 3.0?
- Though now our voices / Have got the mannish crack .
- He has a crack .
- I can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector.
- crack and brags
- vainglorious cracks
- (Shakespeare)
- - 'Tis a noble child.
- A crack , madam.
- I'll be with you in a crack .
Usage notes
* In the last few decades the word has been adopted into Gaelic; as there is no "k" in the Irish language the spelling (craic) has been devised.Synonyms
* bum crack (UK), arse crack (UK), ass crack (US) * (cocaine that is heat-altered at the moment of inhalation) crack cocaineEtymology 2
1793 slang, of originAdjective
(-)- Even a crack team of investigators would have trouble solving this case.
- She's a crack shot with that rifle.