Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uprip

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-rip
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To rip up; to tear apart.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Occasionally they force their way into a cabin and uprip its contents."
"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."
"So fresh the stroke and cut and wound of them / Upripped across her mind and gaped and torn / Along her staggered, unrecovered heart."

Etymology

From up- + rip.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

uprips (present, singular) upripping (participle, present) upripped (participle, past) upripped (past)

Questions

What does uprip mean?: To rip up; to tear apart.
Where does uprip come from?: From up- + rip.

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