Rip

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

To rip is the act of tearing an object.

Rip may also refer to:

Places

• Kingdom of Rip in Senegal, ruled by Maba Diakhou Bâ (1809–1867)
• Říp, a mountain in the Czech Republic
• The Rip, entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia
• Ríp, a farm and church site in Iceland
• Rip Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• Rip Bridge, New South Wales, Australia
• 7711 Říp, an asteroid

People

• Rip (given name)
• Rip (nickname)
• Rip (surname)
• Rip Hawk, ring name of American professional wrestler Harvey Evers (1930–2012)
• Rip Morgan, a ring name of New Zealand professional wrestler Michael Morgan (born 1957)
• Rip Oliver, a ring name of American professional wrestler Larry Oliver (1952–2020)
• Rip Rogers, a ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Sciarra (born 1954)
• Rip Rogers, along with Eddie Graham, a ring name of American professional wrestler Edward F. Gossett (1930–1985)
• Rip Sawyer, a ring name of American professional wrestler Sidney Garrison (born 1965)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Rip Clutchgoneski, in the film Cars 2
• Rip Hunter, a DC Comics character
• Mason "Rip" Irving, a title character of the Rip and Red children's book series
• the title character of Rip Haywire, an American comic strip
• the title character of Rip Kirby, an American detective comic strip from 1946 to 1999
• Rip Riley, in the animated television series Archer
• Rip Thomas, in the 1989 movie No Holds Barred, played by Hulk Hogan
• Rip Wheeler, in the television series Yellowstone
• 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
• "Rip (Rest in Peace)", a 2023 song by Maltese singers Aidan and Ira Losco
• The Rip, a former band of New Zealand musician Alastair Galbraith

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• The Rip (film), an upcoming American action thriller starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
• 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

Animals

• Rip (dog), a Second World War search-and-rescue dog awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery
• Ol' Rip the Horned Toad, a Texas horned toad which supposedly survived a 31-year hibernation in a time capsule in a cornerstone

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)
• Ryp (disambiguation)