uprip en · VERB
Etymology
From up- + rip.
Meanings
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(obsolete, poetic) To rip up; to tear apart.
So fresh the stroke and cut and wound of them / Upripped across her mind and gaped and torn / Along her staggered, unrecovered heart.
1968, John W. Lynch, A Woman Wrapped in Silence, page 72:Yet, saving Juan, who in manly wise / Withstood the shameful deed, no man was slain; / His bosom was upripped in woeful guise, / And from its habitance his heart was ta'en.
1822, James Hogg, The poetical works of James Hogg, volume 3, page 25:Occasionally they force their way into a cabin and uprip its contents.
1686, D. C. Gordon, Sherriff, Helena, Letter to Governor Clayton, Montana:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| uprips | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| upripped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| upripped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| upripping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |