A ripper is a program that takes song from an audio CD in a computer's CD-ROM drive and turns the data into computer files, typically a WAV format file Then the song is ready to be recorded to a blank CD-R or CD-RW drive or encoded into an MP3 file
{i} person or thing that rips; device for ripping; murderer who slashes or mutilates his victims with a knife; person or thing that is particularly good or high-quality (British Slang)
Large, heavy hooks behind the tractor for ripping roots or brush Commonly used on bulldozers clearing land
n Digital audio technology that converts audio data from a compact disc into a WAV file or other digital format An encoder then converts this file into a file (typically an MP3 file) that can be played back by software known as a player See also encoder, MP3
a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the ripper was probably a madman
An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of appointment and removal of heads of departments or other subordinate officials
the name given to a man who killed and cut up the bodies of several prostitutes (=women who are paid to have sex) in the Whitechapel area of London in 1888. The police never caught him and never discovered who he was. The name "the Ripper" is now sometimes used to describe criminals who murder people in a similar way. Pseudonymous murderer of at least five women, all prostitutes, in or near London's Whitechapel district, from Aug. 7 to Nov. 10, 1888. The throat of each victim was cut, and usually the body was mutilated in a manner indicating the murderer had considerable knowledge of human anatomy. Authorities received a series of taunting notes from a person calling himself Jack the Ripper and purporting to be the murderer. Although strenuous efforts were made to identify and trap the killer, he remained unknown. The unsolved case retained its hold on the popular imagination, becoming the subject of several motion pictures and more than 100 books, as well as a macabre tourist industry in London
disapproval You can refer to a film or novel which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes as a bodice ripper, especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people. A work of popular fiction characterized by scenes of unrestrained romantic passion