Rip

To rip is the act of tearing an object.

Rip may also refer to:

Places

 * Nioro du Rip, a town in the southern Kaolack Region of Senegal
 * 7711 Říp, an asteroid
 * Rip Bridge, New South Wales Australia
 * Říp Mountain, a mountain in the Czech Republic
 * Rip Point, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
 * The Rip, entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait in Victoria, Australia
 * Ríp, Skagafjörður, Iceland

People

 * Rip (given name)
 * Rip (nickname)
 * Rip (surname)
 * Rip, pseudonym of the French revue writer Georges Gabriel Thenon
 * Rip Hawk, ring name of American professional wrestler Harvey Maurice Evers
 * Rip Morgan, ring name of New Zealand professional wrestler Michael Morgan (born 1957)
 * Rip Oliver, ring name of American professional wrestler Larry Richard Oliver
 * Rip Rogers, ring name of American professional wrestler Mark Sciarra (born 1954)
 * Rip Sawyer, ring name of American professional wrestler Sidney F. Garrison (fl. 1980s-1990s)
 * H. Ripley Rawlings IV (known as Rip), American author of military fiction

Fictional characters

 * Rip Clutchgoneski, a World Grand Prix racecar from the fictional country of Republic of New Rearendia, character in the film Cars 2
 * Rip Hunter, a DC Comics character
 * Rip Kirby, title character of the detective comic strip
 * Rip Thomas, movie name for Hulk Hogan in the movie No Holds Barred (1989)
 * 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
 * The Rip, a former band of New Zealand musician Alastair Galbraith (musician)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * 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

Other uses

 * Rip (dog), a Second World War search-and-rescue dog awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery