Rip
Encyclopedia
To rip is the act of tearing
Tearing
Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental...

 an object.
Rip may also refer to:

Places

  • Nioro du Rip
    Nioro du Rip
    Nioro du Rip is a city in the south-west of Sénégal, situated about to the south-west of Kaolack and is from the border with The Gambia.-History:...

    , a town in Senegal
  • The Rip
    The Rip
    "The Rip", also known as "The Heads", is a dangerous stretch of water in Victoria, Australia, connecting Port Phillip and Bass Strait. It is the only entrance for shipping into Port Phillip and hence into Melbourne. Because of large tidal flows through the relatively narrow channel from the bay to...

    , entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia
  • The Říp Mountain, a mountain in the Czech Republic

People

  • Rip Torn
    Rip Torn
    Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. , is an American actor of stage, screen and television.Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated...

     (born 1931), American actor
  • Rip Taylor
    Rip Taylor
    Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor, Jr. is an American actor and comedian.-Early life:Taylor was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Elizabeth, a waitress, and Charles Elmer Taylor, Sr., a musician. As a young man, Taylor served in the Korean War while in the U.S...

     (born 1934), American actor
  • Eliyahu Rips
    Eliyahu Rips
    Eliyahu Rips, also Ilya Rips is a Latvian-born Israeli mathematician known for his research in geometric group theory. He became known to the general public following his coauthoring a paper on the Torah Code....

     (born 1948), Israeli mathematician
  • Richard "Rip" Hamilton (born 1978), American basketball player

Entertainment

  • Rip (software)
    Rip (software)
    rip is a Perl script that coordinates ripping, encoding, and labeling of audio CD tracks to music files on Unix-like systems like Linux. Current releases support encoding to FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3.-Dependencies:rip uses a few tools including:...

    , a Perl script for transferring digital audio or video to a computer hard disk
  • Ripping
    Ripping
    Ripping is the process of copying audio or video content to a hard disk, typically from removable media. The word is used to refer to all forms of media. Despite the name, neither the media nor the data is damaged after extraction....

    , the process of copying audio or video from removable media to a hard disk
  • RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
    RiP!: A Remix Manifesto
    RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about "the changing concept of copyright"directed by Brett Gaylor.Created over a period of six years, the documentary film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to the Open Source Cinema...

    , a 2008 documentary about remixing and intellectual property

Oceanography

  • Rip current
    Rip current
    A rip current, commonly referred to by the misnomer rip tide, is a strong channel of water flowing seaward from near the shore, typically through the surf line. Typical flow is at 0.5 metres per second , and can be as fast as 2.5 metres per second...

     or rip tide, a strong surface flow of water returning seaward from near the shore

Ships

  • Rip, originally HMQS Paluma
    HMQS Paluma
    HMQS Paluma was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy...

    , an Australian gunboat scrapped in the 1950s
  • Rip, the name from 1947-1984 of HMAS Whyalla (J153)
    HMAS Whyalla (J153)
    HMAS Whyalla , named for the city of Whyalla, South Australia was one of 60 Bathurst class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy...

    , a decommissioned Australian corvette
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