rip

verb

1 verb tear sth TRANSITIVEstróic verb c m usrac verb c m uréab verb c m urois verb c m uhe ripped his shirt stróic sé a léine, rois sé a léineshe ripped it open stróic sí ar oscailt é, shrac sí ar oscailt éI ripped it apart shrac mé as a chéile é, stróic mé ó chéile é, réab mé ó chéile éhe ripped his trousers on a nail stróic sé a threabhsar ar thairne, rois sé a bhríste ar thairneshe ripped it in two rinne sí dhá leath de, shrac sí ina dhá leath é 2 verb be torn INTRANSITIVEstróic verb c m usrac verb c m urois verb c m uher dress ripped stróic a gúna, rois a gúnait ripped open stróic sé ar oscailt, d'oscail sé de shracadhthe cloth ripped on the wire stróiceadh an t-éadach ar an tsreang, roiseadh an t-éadach ar an tsreang

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3 verb remove with force TRANSITIVEsrac verb c m uréab verb c m utarraing verb c m uthey ripped out the heaters stróic siad amach na téitheoirí, shrac siad amach na téitheoirí, réab siad amach na téitheoirí, tharraing siad amach na téitheoiríhe ripped a page out of the book stróic sé leathanach amach as an leabhar, shrac sé leathanach amach as an leabharit ripped her arm off stróic sé an lámh di, shrac sé an ghéag di, réab sé an sciathán dithe wind ripped the tent away chroch an ghaoth an puball léi, sciob an ghaoth an puball léi 4 verb snatch TRANSITIVEsciob verb c m utarraing verb c m uhe ripped the ball from me sciob sé an liathróid uaim, tharraing sé an liathróid uaim, shrac sé an liathróid uaimhe ripped it from her grasp sciob sé uaithi é, shrac sé amach as a lámha é 5 verb COMP copy data TRANSITIVEconlaigh verb c m uto rip a file comhad a chonlúhe ripped it to the hard drive chonlaigh sé go dtí an tiomántán crua é

noun

6 noun tearstróic fem2 c m ustróiceadh masc c m usracadh masc1 c m uroiseadh masc c m uthere's a rip in the cloth tá an t-éadach stróicthe, tá stróiceadh san éadach 7 (also rip current) noun GEOG currentsruth cuilitheála c m usruth masc3 c m u 8 (also rip tide) noun GEOG tidecuilitheáil fem3 c m ubrachlainn fem2 c m u 9 noun informal, pejorative unpleasant femalemálóid fem2 c m uscubaid fem2 c m ustiúsaí masc4 c m ustraip fem2 c m u

phrases

to let rip

informal 1 express anger etcshe was angry and she let rip bhí fearg uirthi agus scaoil sí amach é, bhí an ghoimh uirthi agus níor chuir sí fiacail ann, bhí sí oibrithe agus ní dheachaigh sí ar chúl scéithe leishe let rip at the players thug sé íde na muc is na madraí do na himreoirí, thug sé idir an dá shúil do na himreoirí é 2 do sth with vigourscaoileadh leat féinshe let rip and shot down the slope scaoil sí léi féin agus as go brách léi síos le fánahe let rip and won easily scaoil sé leis féin agus bhuaigh sé go bog, luigh sé ar na maidí agus bhuaigh sé go réidh 3 break windscaoileadh c m ubroim a scaoileadh c m ubroim a ligean c m uwho let rip? cé atá ag scaoileadh?, cé atá ag broimneach?

to let sth rip

informal 1 make sth move fastshe let the engine rip scaoil sí leis an inneall, lig sí leis an inneallhe let the horse rip thug sé cead a chinn don chapall 2 do sth with vigourhe let rip a great shot scaoil sé le han-iarracht 3 utter sth loudlyshe let rip a scream lig sí béic aisti, bhéic sí in ard a cinn

to rip the heart out of sth

it ripped the heart out of the community bhain sé an croí as an bpobal, tharraing sé an t-anam as an bpobal

to rip a hole in sb/sth

an explosion ripped a hole in the wall réab pléasc poll sa bhallahe ripped a hole in his pants stróic sé a bhríste, chuir sé poll ina bhríste

to rip sth to pieces

(also

to rip sth to shreds

) 1 destroy or damage badlythe platoon was ripped to pieces rinneadh slad ar an mbuíonthe town was ripped to pieces rinneadh smionagar den bhaile 2 criticise forcefullyduine/rud a stróiceadh as a chéileduine/rud a ionsaí go fíochmharduine/rud a cháineadh go géarshe ripped the article to pieces stróic sí an t-alt as a chéile, d'ionsaigh sí an t-alt go fíochmhar, cháin sí an t-alt go géar 3 completely outplaythey ripped our team to pieces thug siad greadadh dár bhfoireann, rinne siad slad ar ár bhfoireann, rinne siad bia míoltóg den fhoireann s'againn

rip

to let rip

to let sth rip

to rip the heart out of sth

to rip a hole in sb/sth

to rip sth to pieces

to rip sth to shreds

to rip up the rulebook

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