<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A person or thing that rips.</li><li>Rip.</li><li>Also: ripper bill, ripper act. A legislative bill or act for taking powers of appointment to and removal from office away from the usual holders of these powers and conferring them unrestrictedly on a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, or on a board of officials.</li><li>A double-ripper.</li><li>A killer who dispatches and often mutilates victims with a knife or similar weapon.</li><li>Mining: a hooklike tool, attached to earth-moving machinery, for tearing away ore, rock, etc.</li><li>Chiefly British Slang: something especially strong, fine, or good of its kind.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>