rip-roaring

[ rip-rawr-ing, -rohr- ]

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adjectiveInformal.

boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.

Origin of rip-roaring

1825–35, Americanism;rip¹ + roaring, alteration of rip-roarious, modeled on uproarious

Words Nearby rip-roaring

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How to use rip-roaring in a sentence

Those rip-roaring Romney delegates sure know how to pump up a room.
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According to Eade, in his youth Philip was a member of a lunch club that enjoyed “rip-roaring stag parties” every Thursday.
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rip-roaring, terrifying, chilling, the first time you see it.
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O'Malley always had been a rip-roaring fighter who accepted battle against any odds.
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And if rip-roaring, swashbuckling, drunken glory is what he is after, he gets it.
The Blazed Trail | Stewart Edward White

British Dictionary definitions for rip-roaring

rip-roaring

adjective

informal characterized by excitement, intensity, or boisterous behaviour

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