Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of rip
comparative more ripped · superlative most ripped
- Pulled away from forcefully.
- Copied or stolen usually from an identified source.
Stream ripping had a major impact on the global recorded music industry in 2016. This fast growing piracy delivery method witnessed a 60% year-on-year growth globally.
2016 December 20, “Ripping is back: 2017’s biggest music piracy threat”, in www.muso.com, archived from the original on 03 May 2017 - bodybuildingHaving extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles or of men who have them.
Near-synonyms: jacked, shredded
2 more examples
With the average male competitor weighing around 220, the total poundage of raw, ripped mass in the preliminary lineup is over 3,700 pounds.
1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut, ripped midsection.
2010, Bill Geiger, “6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks”, in Reps!, 17:106 - slangDrunk, inebriated.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure So I commenced to drink the whole bottle for the 2nd time in my life & got really really ripped. I only remember bits of the nite.
Synonyms: drunk
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTorn, either partly or into separate pieces.
adjectiveHaving extremely low bodyfat content so that the shape of the underlying muscles become pronounced. Said especially of well-defined abdominal muscles or of men who have them.
adjectiveDrunk, inebriated.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivestupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُمَزَّق
- مُمَزَّق (mumazzaq)torn, either partly or into separate pieces
Esperanto disŝirata
- disŝiratatorn, either partly or into separate pieces
Finnish revitty, raadeltu
- revittytorn, either partly or into separate pieces
- raadeltutorn, either partly or into separate pieces
- revittypulled away from forcefully
- ripattuin data storage, transferred to a hard disk from another portable media form
- ripattucopied or stolen usu. from an identified source
French déchiré, sec
- déchirétorn, either partly or into separate pieces
- sechaving extremely low body fat content
German zerrissen
- zerrissentorn, either partly or into separate pieces
Portuguese trincado, definido
- trincadohaving extremely low body fat content
- definidohaving extremely low body fat content
Russian рва́ный, разо́рванный
- рва́ный (rványj)torn, either partly or into separate pieces
- разо́рванный (razórvannyj)torn, either partly or into separate pieces
- ото́рванный (otórvannyj)pulled away from forcefully
- сдёрнутый (sdjórnutyj)copied or stolen usu. from an identified source
Spanish rasgado, desgarrado
- rasgadotorn, either partly or into separate pieces
- desgarradotorn, either partly or into separate pieces
- arrancadopulled away from forcefully
- extirpadopulled away from forcefully
- marcadohaving extremely low body fat content
- apolíneohaving extremely low body fat content
- definidohaving extremely low body fat content
Swedish rippad
- rippadcopied or stolen usu. from an identified source
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
ripped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ripped
“ripped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ripped. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ripped,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ripped.
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