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dude did you yousee that guy ripping?? he just magurted a 360 air, then came down by landing on the face and stalled for the deepest, sickest barrel I have ever seen!!! INSAAAANE BRAH BRAH.
ripping by george tedbetter September 22, 2006
This usually refers to the process of extracting any purchased digital media content—whether it's a movie from a DVD, or your favorite album from a CD—onto your computer hard drive. While it may look like a simple task, sometimes the process can be quite complicated due to reasons such as incompatible file types and/or the media file is protected by the Digital Rights Management. The extracted digital content can then either be:

1) Used only for personal conveniences. For example, you bought a CD of your favorite album, but you also want to listen to it on your smartphone. This is totally okay.

OR

2) Shared onto the interwebz so that other people can access the content without buying it. It is usually uploaded on peer-to-peer file sharing/bittorrent tracker sites such as The Pirate Bay. This is pretty much illegal.

Ripping should not be confused with pirating, as pirating refers to downloading content that has been already ripped by someone else.
1) Damn I just bought Ed Sheeran's X album at Walmart today and I'm totally hooked!!! Later tonight I'm thinking of ripping it to my computer and then onto my phone so I can listen to it on the go.

2) Fuck that $200 eTextbook just made me broke, but at least now I can rip it and upload my copy of the textbook on TPB so that others won't have to endure my pain!
Something or someone who is really, really good.
She is a ripping dancer, Last night was ripping
Ripping by kokolaroro July 18, 2011
When people or person makes fun of another person, more as a term of endearment, in front of other people.
"I'm just kidding Regan! Yr not a dumb-dumb...."
"Yeah Regan, hon...we were just ripping on you."
Ripping by Babydoll75 March 5, 2019
used in the sentence "ripping a bong" where u pack the bowl so its overflowing and then hit the whole of that shit in one go.
Me: Tom is ripping the shit outta the bong
Them: Jesus its packed to overflow
ripping by mc1 July 16, 2008
My girlfriend was ripping when she found out I'd slept with her best friend.
ripping by BilleM July 24, 2006