| rip | (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | Synonyms: rent, split |
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| (noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: countercurrent, crosscurrent, riptide, tide rip |
| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, snag, split, tear |
| (noun) a dissolute man in fashionable society | Synonyms: blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, roue |
| ripcord | (noun) a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent | - |
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| (noun) a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend | - |
| ripeness | (noun) the state of being ripe | - |
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| ripening | (noun) coming to full development; becoming mature | Synonyms: maturation, maturement |
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| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, aging |
| riposte | (noun) (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge | - |
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| (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return |
| ripper | (noun) a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife | - |
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| ripple | (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: riffle, rippling, wavelet |
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| (noun) (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value | - |
| rippling | (noun) a small wave on the surface of a liquid | Synonyms: riffle, ripple, wavelet |
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| ripsaw | (noun) a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood | Synonyms: splitsaw |
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| riptide | (noun) a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore | Synonyms: rip current |
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| (noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, tide rip |