Ripping

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!

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian January 21, 2018

ripping dicks

A colloquial phrase used by surfers to describe radical maneuvers and explosive surfing.

Did you see those airs Mike busted today, he was ripping dicks out there!

by GBanger33 February 21, 2011

str8 rippin

When a man or woman owns so bad at a videogame that the opponent feels the urge to be t-bagged in the mouth.

Damn they were str8 rippin on me so bad last night i forgot what happened. But i woke up this morning with a shit load of pubes in my mouth

by MikeyMac January 21, 2008

Ripping the piss

To joke or lie about someting in a humorus manner.

When I called your mother a twat, I was ripping the piss. She is a nice lady.

by mell33 December 15, 2011

Ripping

Something or someone who is really, really good.

She is a ripping dancer, Last night was ripping

by kokolaroro July 18, 2011

Basement Ripping

The act of getting retardedly high, then going into your basement, turning off the lights, and listening to mind-shredding, brain-scrambling dubstep at extreme volumes.

Hey dude, You wanna blaze then go basement ripping until one of us falls into a coma?
Yea, that won't take long.

by Spark Blaze Toke November 29, 2010

Ripping

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."

by Babydoll75 March 5, 2019