Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rippy

/ɹˈɪpi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: rip-py
IPA: /ɹˈɪpi/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

adj

Resembling or characteristic of ripping or tearing.

Informal

adj

Informal

Example Sentences

"a rippy noise"
"Ask T.K. about his rippy pants?"
"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."
"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."

Etymology

From rip + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rip

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Rippys (plural) more rippy (comparative) most rippy (superlative)

Synonyms

ripped torn

Homonyms

rippey

Rhymes With

mississippi hippie skippy chippy zippy tippy philippi nippy dippy lippy filippi rippey

Questions

How do you pronounce rippy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɪpi/.
What does rippy mean?: A surname.
Where does rippy come from?: From rip + -y.

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