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) 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!
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 UltimateDoge January 21, 2018
1. To bad mouth, dis' or burn.
2. A cone.
3. To steal something, 'rip someone off' or a 'rip off'. Also 'ripping' tracks from an Audio CD onto your CPU.
2. A cone.
3. To steal something, 'rip someone off' or a 'rip off'. Also 'ripping' tracks from an Audio CD onto your CPU.
1. "I'm gunna rip Greg about how he asked that girl to piss on him and she said no!"
"Stop ripping me about my new haircut."
2. "Hurry up and rip that bong."
3. "We should rip off some new clothes from General Pants Co."
"I'm going to rip off Erik's How High DVD tommorow."
"That $100 t-shirt was the biggest rip/rip off!"
"I'll rip a few song's off these CD's and burn myself a mix CD."
"Stop ripping me about my new haircut."
2. "Hurry up and rip that bong."
3. "We should rip off some new clothes from General Pants Co."
"I'm going to rip off Erik's How High DVD tommorow."
"That $100 t-shirt was the biggest rip/rip off!"
"I'll rip a few song's off these CD's and burn myself a mix CD."
by Diego July 18, 2003
by M0USEhunter September 21, 2003
To totally own something sport, action, dance, performance and to execute with perfection and complete domination.
"That was a rip"
"I ripped it up"
"What a rip"
"Rip city"
"Rip-a-licious"
"Rip it up"
"How'd it go? (Reply) Complete Rip."
"I ripped it up"
"What a rip"
"Rip city"
"Rip-a-licious"
"Rip it up"
"How'd it go? (Reply) Complete Rip."
by A-hot & T-Ross October 02, 2013