Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rip \Rip\, n. [Cf. Icel. hrip a box or basket; perhaps akin to
   E. corb. Cf. {Ripier}.]
   A wicker fish basket.

Rip \Rip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ripped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ripping}.] [Cf. AS. r[=y]pan, also Sw. repa to ripple flax,
   D. repelen, G. reffen, riffeln, and E. raff, raffle. Cf.
   {Raff}, {Ripple} of flax.]
   1. To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing;
      to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by
      violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to
      rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; --
      commonly used with up, open, off.

   2. To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing.

            He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart.
                                                  --Granville.

   3. To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to
      search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually
      with up.

            They ripped up all that had been done from the
            beginning of the rebellion.           --Clarendon.

            For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out
            in the ear of a common enemy . . . is neither wise
            nor comely.                           --Milton.

   4. To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.

   {Ripping chisel} (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out
      mortises. --Knight.

   {Ripping iron}. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Ravehook}.

   {Ripping saw}. (Carp.) See {Ripsaw}.

   {To rip out}, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as,
      to rip out an oath. [Colloq.] See {To rap out}, under
      {Rap}, v. t.

Rip \Rip\, n.
   1. A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear;
      a place torn; laceration.

   2. [Perh. a corruption of the first syllable of reprobate.] A
      term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a
      scamp, a debauchee, or a prostitute, or a worn-out horse.
      [Slang.]

   3. A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing
      tides or currents.

Source : WordNet®

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"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
        {rent}, {snag}, {split}, {tear}]
     3: a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by
        one current flowing into or across another current [syn: {riptide},
         {tide rip}, {crosscurrent}, {countercurrent}]
     4: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he
        gave the envelope a vigorous rip" [syn: {rent}, {split}]
     [also: {ripping}, {ripped}]

rip
     v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
          bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: {rend},
           {rive}, {pull}]
     2: move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along
        the coast"
     3: cut (wood) along the grain
     4: criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate
        ripped into his opponent mercilessly"
     [also: {ripping}, {ripped}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

RIP
     
        1.  {Routing Information Protocol}.
     
        2.  {Raster Image Processor}.
     
        (2003-09-10)