Definition of rips

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• rips is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
• rips is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
• rips is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of rips

• a dissolute man in fashionable society (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. blood
  2. profligate
  3. rake
  4. rakehell
  5. roue
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart (noun)

  Examples

  1. there was a rip in his pants

  Synonyms

  1. rent
  2. snag
  3. split
  4. tear
• take without the owner's consent (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. rip off
  2. steal
• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. countercurrent
  2. crosscurrent
  3. riptide
  4. tide rip
• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something (noun)

  Examples

  1. he gave the envelope a vigorous rip

  Synonyms

  1. rent
  2. split
• tear or be torn violently (verb)

  Examples

  1. The curtain ripped from top to bottom
  2. pull the cooked chicken into strips

  Synonyms

  1. pull
  2. rend
  3. rive
• criticize or abuse strongly and violently (verb)

  Examples

  1. The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly
• cut (wood) along the grain (verb)
• move precipitously or violently (verb)

  Examples

  1. The tornado ripped along the coast

See definition of rips in Merriam Webster