1. tears or pulls apart forcefully
Usage: third person singular present of ‘rip’
2. moves very quickly
Usage: informal

1. tears or splits in material
Usage: plural of ‘rip’
2. strong ocean currents that flow away from shore
Usage: short for ‘rip currents’

Examples

• She rips the paper in half.
• The car rips down the highway at high speed.
• There are several rips in his old jacket.
• The fabric has small rips along the seam.
• Swimmers should watch out for dangerous rips near the beach.
• The strong rips pulled the boat away from shore.
• He rips through his homework quickly.
• The wind rips the leaves from the trees.