Usually means: Tool or person who tears.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word ripper:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. ripper: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. ripper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ripper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ripper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ripper: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ripper, ripper: Wordnik
  7. Ripper, ripper: Wiktionary
  8. ripper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. ripper: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Ripper, ripper: Dictionary.com
  11. Ripper (G.I. Joe), Ripper (The Outer Limits), Ripper (computer game), Ripper (film), Ripper (food), Ripper (hot dog), Ripper (video game), Ripper, The Ripper (song), The Ripper (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Ripper: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. ripper: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. ripper: Rhymezone
  15. Ripper: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. ripper: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. ripper: Free Dictionary
  18. ripper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. ripper: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ripper: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. ripper: CCI Computer
  3. Webopedia (No longer online)
  4. Ripper (copier), ripper: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ripper: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ripper, ripper, ripper, ripper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Ripper: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See rippers as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Something that rips something else.
noun:  Someone who rips something.
noun:  A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials.
noun:  A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.
noun:  (mining) A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc.
noun:  (mining) A person employed to tear away ore, rock, etc. to make a passage for material to be carried to the surface.
noun:  (British, Australia, slang) Something that is an excellent example of its kind.
noun:  (computing) Software that extracts content from files or storage media.
noun:  (agriculture) A tool or plant used to reduce soil compaction.
noun:  (US, New Jersey, slang) A hot dog deep-fried in oil until the casing bursts.
noun:  A foghorn.
adjective:  (British, Australia, slang) Very good; excellent; fantastic.
noun:  (obsolete) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
noun:  A surname.

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