ripping

1. 1
   verb

   The -ing form of rip. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

   She was ripping the wrapping paper off the gift.

   The dog kept ripping the cushion apart.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Copying music or movies from a CD or DVD onto a computer.

   Like photocopying pages from a book so you can keep them on your own desk.

   Ripping a CD lets you keep the songs on your phone.

   The ripping took only a few minutes for the whole album.

   Similarcopying, extraction

3. 3
   adjective

   Able to tear, or able to be pulled off by tearing.

   The ripping cord on the parachute released the canopy.

   She tugged at the ripping edge of the perforated sheet.

4. 4
   noununcountable

   Wood that has been cut the long way, following the lines in the grain.

   Like slicing a loaf of bread along its length instead of into round slices.

   He stacked the ripping beside the workbench.

   They used the ripping to build the cabinet frame.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   Using diet and exercise to lose body fat so the muscles show more clearly.

   Like peeling thick paper off a package so you can see the shape inside.

   Ripping helped him drop body fat before the contest.

   Months of ripping left her muscles sharply defined.

   Similarcutting

   Oppositebulking

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6. 6
   nounAustraliauncountable

   Plowing deep cuts through a rabbit's burrows to get rid of the pests.

   Like digging up an ant's nest so the ants can no longer live there.

   Ripping is the most effective way to collapse a deep rabbit warren.

   After the drought, ripping cleared the burrows from the back paddock.

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