rippet

Scots

Alternative forms

• rippit, ruppit, rippart, rippat

Etymology

Uncertain. From earlier repet (c. 1507). Possibly of imitative origin.

Noun

rippet (plural rippets)

1. commotion; disruption; ruckus

Further reading

• “repet, rippet, -it, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “rippet, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.