ripped

adjective

ˈript 

1

slang : being under the influence of alcohol or drugs : high, stoned

2

: having high muscle definition

ripped abs

Synonyms

• blasted [slang]
• blitzed [slang]
• bombed
• high
• hopped-up
• loaded [slang]
• spaced-out
• spaced
• stoned
• strung out
• wasted [slang]
• wiped out [slang]
• zonked
• zonked-out

Examples of ripped in a Sentence

She was wearing ripped jeans.

when I got to his house, he was already pretty ripped

Recent Examples on the Web

Luckily, Frank Grillo plays a ripped scientist who is close to a cure, but also has to worry about keeping his family safe during yet another supermoon. —William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024

Ignoring faculty warnings, David dashed forward with a ripped notebook page for Lennon to sign. —Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

North Korean propaganda material released by state media this year has shown Kim overseeing special operations training marked by extreme displays of strength, including the smashing of cinder blocks over the ripped torsos of soldiers stripped to the waist. —Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024

Frank Grillo, who’s at the center of it (playing a ripped bruiser who is also…a molecular biologist!), has a way of making any pulp movie better. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ripped

• conscript
• decrypt
• descript
• encrypt
• equipped
• outstripped
• postscript
• rescript
• subscript
• transcript
• transhipped
• transshipped