Rip Explained

To rip is the act of tearing an object.

Rip may also refer to:

Places

• Nioro du Rip, a town in the southern Kaolack Region of Senegal
• 7711 Říp, an asteroid
• Rip Bridge, New South Wales Australia
• Říp, a mountain in the Czech Republic
• Rip Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• The Rip, entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia
• Ríp, 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, ring name of American professional wrestler Harvey Maurice Evers
• Rip Morgan, ring name of New Zealand professional wrestler Michael Morgan (born 1957)
• Rip Oliver, ring name of American professional wrestler Larry Richard Oliver
• Rip Rogers, 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
• Rip Hunter, 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 (1989)
• Rip Van Winkle, title character of the eponymous story by Washington Irving

Music

• Rip, in music, a type of glissando
• "The Rip" (song), a 2008 single by Portishead
• The Rip, a former band of New Zealand musician Alastair Galbraith (musician)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• , a 2008 documentary about remixing and intellectual property
• Ripping, 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), a Second World War search-and-rescue dog awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery

See also

• Rest in peace
• Rip current or rip tide, a strong surface flow of water returning seaward from near the shore
• Rip cut, severing or dividing a piece of wood parallel to the grain
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