Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US campus) well-built, muscled.

1985		O. Hawkins Chili 90: The one time small boned girl had developed into a rumb ripped fox .
1992		M. Leyner Et Tu, Babe (1993) 53: The bare-midriff football jersey revealing my inimitably ripped abdominals.
2006		G. Iles Turning Angel 96: He played softball with his shirt off, and he was like, ripped.
2009		J. Stahl Pain Killers 21: A row of ripped skinheads curled plastic gallon jugs of water.
2010		C. Hiaasen Star Island (2011) 58: Some ripped, sensitive surfer guy that every teenage girl in America wants to ball.
2016		Q. Vidal ‘Third Rail’ 🎵 I’m tryna be hip, I’m tryna be pop / I’ tryna be ripped, I’m tryna be hot.
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 67: His upper arms and shoulders were ripped.