Rippings

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. The act of forcibly tearing or splitting something such as fabric or paper ; the process of copying data from a physical media like a CD or DVD to a computer
2. Tearing apart material roughly or quickly ; transferring media content from physical discs to digital files for use on electronic devices
3. Causing physical damage by pulling apart or breaking material ; creating digital duplicates by extracting audio, video, or other data from storage discs

Etymology: "Rippings" is the plural form of "ripping," so its story is really the story of the verb "rip" and the noun it produces. The verb "rip" is a fairly old English word, traceable to Middle English, with the sense of tearing or splitting something apart by force. The plural simply names more than one instance of that act, whether tears in cloth or copied sets of data pulled off a disc.

Synonyms: tearing, splitting, lacerations, cuts, shreds

Antonyms: mending, repairing, healing