rip
n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: {rake}, {profligate},
{blood}, {roue}]
2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
rip in his pants" [syn: {rent}, {split}, {tear}]
3: a stretch of turbulent water in the sea [syn: {riptide}, {tide
rip}, {crosscurrent}]
4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {split}]
v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
bottom" [syn: {rend}, {rive}, {pull}]
2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along
the coast" [syn: {tear}]
3: cut (wood) along the grain