Dictionary

rippy en · ADJ

Etymology

From rip + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.
   • a rippy noise
2. (informal, rare) Having rips.
   • Ask T.K. about his rippy pants? 1975 December 19, “The Nose Knows”, in Marshal Round-up, volume II, number 3, supplement to the Tribune-Courier (volume 88, number 95), Benton, Ky.: Marshall County High School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 4:
   • They didn’t even have time to speculate about what Grail wanted before Vivienne walked in seconds later. Even at midnight her appearance was just so. Smooth hair, tight rippy jeans, one of those no-shoulder gypsy shirts. 2021, Tracey Lange, “Jackie”, in We Are the Brennans, London: Pan Books, published 2022, →ISBN:
   • This year, the boy’s wearing my last year’s dungarees, and my rippy shirt that I chewed a hole in the front of when I tried out for Little League, and my Davy Crockett coonskin cap. 2008, Wally Lamb, chapter 4, in The Hour I First Believed: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 86:

Forms

Synonyms

ripped · torn