# ripped

Pronunciation: say "RIPT" /ɹɪpt/

## Adjective

1. Torn, whether only partway or all the way into separate pieces.
   - Simple: Torn in part or all the way through, leaving holes or rough edges.
   - _He patched the ripped seam on his backpack with strong tape._
   - _The flag flapped overhead, ragged and ripped after weeks of storms._
3. Having extremely low body fat, so that the underlying muscles (especially the abdominals) appear sharply defined.
   - Simple: So lean that the muscles show clearly, with very little body fat.
   - _The bodybuilder stepped onstage looking absolutely ripped._
   - _Cutting calories for the competition left her noticeably ripped._
4. Very drunk; heavily intoxicated by alcohol. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Drunk after having too much alcohol.
   - _Half the wedding guests were ripped before the toasts even began._
   - _He showed up to work still ripped from the night before._
5. Lifted from someone else's work, typically from a source that can be named.
   - Simple: Copied or taken from someone else's work without permission.
   - _He sold ripped movies out of the back of his van._
   - _Every beat on the demo sounded ripped, borrowed without any credit._
6. Transferred onto a hard disk from a CD, DVD, or other portable medium.
   - Simple: Copied from a CD or DVD onto a computer's hard drive.
   - _She organized her ripped albums by genre on the laptop._
   - _The ripped files took up far less space than the originals._
7. Pulled or torn away from something with great force.
   - Simple: Pulled away from something with sudden, strong force.
   - _Firefighters climbed through the ripped paneling to reach the trapped driver._
   - _The bracket looked freshly ripped, pulled clean from its anchor._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of rip. — simple past and past participle of rip
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of rip. Use it for tearing that already happened.
   - _The wind ripped the roof off the old barn overnight._
   - _He had ripped his jeans climbing over the fence._

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