ripper: Meaning and Definition of

rip•per

1. a person or thing that rips.
2. 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.
3. a double-ripper.
4. a killer who dispatches and often mutilates victims with a knife or similar weapon.
5. a hooklike tool, attached to earth-moving machinery, for tearing away ore, rock, etc.
6. something especially strong, fine, or good of its kind.