rip, rent, snag, split, tear -- (an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings")
rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent -- (a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current)
rent, rip, split -- (the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip")
Overview of verb rip
The verb rip has 4 senses
rend, rip, rive, pull -- (tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")
rip -- (move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast")
rip -- (cut (wood) along the grain)
rip -- (criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly")
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