rip out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To unstitch.
verb
To remove dramatically, or with lots of violence.
Example Sentences
- "Ah, no, no: it cannot be. I would rather rip out out my heart, then fuffer it any longer to retain so mean, and so unworthy an affection."
- "How many loyal men do I hear exclaim: "send the traitor to the gallows! rip out his bowels and throw them in his face! […]""
- "Then take this, and first rip out a sleeve, and iron it out, and cut out a newspaper pattern of it."
- "The common mode, is, to shake, and brush the articles, and rip out linings and pockets; then to wash them in strong suds, adding a teacupful of ley, using white soap for light cloth;"
- "To rip out serger stitches, you'll need to combine the techniques for ripping straight and zigzag stitches."
- "Well, by and by we heerd the old sarpent rip out like a lion."