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RIP

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For the all-capitalized version, see RIP (disambiguation).

To rip is the act of tearing an object.

Rip may also refer to:

Places

  • 7711 Říp, an asteroid
  • Říp Mountain, a mountain in the Czech Republic
  • Rip Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
  • The Rip, entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia

People

  • Rip (given name)
  • Rip (nickname)
  • Rip (surname)
  • Rip, pseudonym of the French revue writer Georges Gabriel Thenon
  • Rip Hawk, ring name of American professional wrestler Harvey Maurice Evers
  • Rip Morgan, ring name of New Zealand professional wrestler Michael Morgan (born 1957)
  • Rip Oliver, ring name of American professional wrestler Larry Richard Oliver
  • Rip Rogers, ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Sciarra (born 1954)
  • Rip Sawyer, ring name of American professional wrestler Sidney F. Garrison (fl. 1980s-1990s)
  • H. Ripley Rawlings IV (known as Rip), American author of military fiction

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

  • Rip Hunter, a DC Comics character
  • Rip Kirby, title character of the eponymous comic strip
  • Rip Thomas, movie name for Hulk Hogan in the movie No Holds Barred (1989)
  • Rip Van Winkle, title character of the eponymous story by Washington Irving

Music

  • Rip, in music, a type of glissando
  • "The Rip" (song), a 2008 single by Portishead
  • The Rip, a former band of New Zealand musician Alastair Galbraith (musician)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • RiP!: A Remix Manifesto, a 2008 documentary about remixing and intellectual property
  • Ripping, the process of copying audio or video from removable media to a hard disk

Ships

  • Rip, originally HMQS Paluma, an Australian gunboat scrapped in the 1950s
  • Rip, the name from 1947-1984 of HMAS Whyalla (J153), a decommissioned Australian corvette

Other uses

  • Rip (dog), a Second World War search-and-rescue dog awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery
  • Raster image processor, which is used for printing software.

See also

  • Rip current or rip tide, a strong surface flow of water returning seaward from near the shore
  • Rip cut, severing or dividing a piece of wood parallel to the grain
  • All pages with titles beginning with Rip
  • All pages with titles containing Rip
  • Rips (disambiguation)
  • Ripped (disambiguation)
  • Ripper (disambiguation)
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