Bruh Alligator think to heself, What this here? I never seen such animals before. But it's vittles! Food! And he grabs one, two of the beagles and pulls them under the water. The other hound swum out of there, took he feet in he hands, and ripped on home. Based on the clues in the excerpt, the word ripped most likely means “jumped over.” “ran quickly.” “sat quietly.” “crawled under.”