To rip is the act of

tearing Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental. ...

an object. Rip may also refer to:

Places

Nioro du Rip Nioro du Rip is a town and urban commune in the south-west of Sénégal, situated about to the south-west of Kaolack and from the border with The Gambia. History The town of Nioro du Rip was the capital of Rip (a kingdom of the marabout l ...

, a town in the southern Kaolack Region of Senegal * 7711 Říp, an asteroid * Rip Bridge, New South Wales Australia *

Říp Říp (; ) is a high solitary hill in the Lower Ohře Table in the Czech Republic. It is located southeast of Litoměřice. According to national legend, it is the place where the first Czechs settled. The mountain and the rotunda on its top a ...

, a mountain in the Czech Republic * Rip Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica *

The Rip The Rip is the narrow waterway entrance connecting the Bass Strait to the Port Phillip Bay in southern Victoria, Australia, and is the only route of maritime transport and thus seaport access into Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria's two larg ...

, entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia *

Ríp Ríp (which sometimes used to be called Rípur) is a farm and church site in the southeast of Hegranes in Skagafjörður, Iceland. is an old word that can be translated to “cliff” or “ridge of a hill.” Ribe in Jutland, Denmark has an anal ...

, a farm and church site in Iceland

People

* Rip (given name) * Rip (nickname) * Rip (surname) * Rip, pseudonym of the French revue writer Georges Gabriel Thenon *

Rip Hawk Harvey Maurice Evers (June 6, 1930 – December 22, 2012) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name, Rip Hawk. He began his wrestling career in the Mid-Western United States before joining Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP) in ...

, ring name of American professional wrestler Harvey Maurice Evers *

Rip Morgan Michael Morgan (born August 20, 1957) is a former professional wrestler from New Zealand who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance, World Championship Wrestling and World Class Championship Wrestling as Rip Morgan. He is perhaps best known ...

, ring name of New Zealand professional wrestler Michael Morgan (born 1957) *

Rip Oliver Larry Richard Oliver (October 6, 1952 – March 5, 2020) was an American professional wrestler, known as "Crippler" Rip Oliver, who had success in Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW). Early life Oliver was born in Florida. His father was Dennis Le ...

, ring name of American professional wrestler Larry Richard Oliver *

Rip Rogers Mark Sciarra (born February 7, 1954), better known by his ring name Rip Rogers, is an American retired professional wrestler. Early life Sciarra was born in Seymour, Indiana on February 7, 1954. He graduated from Seymour High School in 1972 a ...

, ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Sciarra (born 1954) * Rip Sawyer, ring name of American professional wrestler Sidney F. Garrison (fl. 1980s-1990s) * H. Ripley Rawlings IV (known as Rip), American author of military fiction

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Rip Clutchgoneski, a World Grand Prix racecar from the fictional country of Republic of New Rearendia, character in the film ''

Cars 2 ''Cars 2'' is a 2011 American animated spy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to '' Cars'' (2006), the second film in the ''Cars'' franchise, and the 12th animated film from the studio ...

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Rip Hunter Rip Hunter (Michael Jon Carter Jr.) is a time-traveling superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Jack Miller and artist Ruben Moreira, the character first appeared in ''Showcase (comics), Showcase'' #20 ...

, a DC Comics character * Rip Kirby, title character of the detective comic strip *Rip Thomas, movie name for Hulk Hogan in the movie ''

No Holds Barred No holds barred or No Holds Barred may refer to: * ''No Holds Barred'' (1952 film), a film starring The Bowery Boys * ''No Holds Barred'' (1989 film), a film starring Hulk Hogan * ''No Holds Barred'' (Biohazard album) (1997) * ''No Holds Barred ...

'' (1989) *

Rip Van Winkle "Rip Van Winkle" () is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in Colonial history of the United States, colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Du ...

, title character of the eponymous story by Washington Irving

Music

* Rip, in music, a type of

glissando In music, a glissando (; plural: ''glissandi'', abbreviated ''gliss.'') is a wikt:glide, glide from one pitch (music), pitch to another (). It is an Italianized Musical terminology, musical term derived from the French ''glisser'', "to glide". In ...

* "The Rip" (song), a 2008 single by Portishead * The Rip, a former band of New Zealand musician

Alastair Galbraith Alastair Galbraith (born 1965) is a New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin. Career Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two ...

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* '' RiP!: A Remix Manifesto'', a 2008 documentary about remixing and intellectual property *

Ripping Ripping is the extraction of digital content from a container, such as a CD, onto a new digital location. Originally, the term meant to rip music from Commodore 64 games. Later, the term was applied to ripping WAV or MP3 files from digital audio ...

, the process of copying audio or video from removable media to a hard disk

Ships

*''Rip'', originally HMQS ''Paluma'', an Australian gunboat scrapped in the 1950s *''Rip'', the name from 1947-1984 of HMAS ''Whyalla'' (J153), a decommissioned Australian corvette

Other uses

Rip (dog) Rip (died 1946), a mixed-breed terrier, was a Second World War search and rescue dog who was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in 1945. He was found in Poplar, London, in 1940 by an Air Raid warden, and became the service's first search and r ...

, a Second World War search-and-rescue dog awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery