ripper

[ rip-er ]

/ ˈrɪp ər /

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noun

a person or thing that rips.

Also ripper bill, ripper act. 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.

a double-ripper.

a killer who dispatches and often mutilates victims with a knife or similar weapon.

Mining. a hooklike tool, attached to earth-moving machinery, for tearing away ore, rock, etc.

Chiefly British Slang. something especially strong, fine, or good of its kind.

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Origin of ripper

First recorded in 1605–15; rip¹ + -er¹

Words nearby ripper

ripley, ripoff, ripon, riposte, ripped, ripper, ripping, ripple, ripple control, ripple effect, ripple mark

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Example sentences from the Web for ripper

This makes the guide to the Jack the Ripper Walk seem rather dated.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Did the Ripper quit because he feared that he was close to being caught?
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, you could protest that Sherlock did not really exist and the Ripper did.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later heads of Scotland Yard admitted that the Ripper should have been caught.
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

LONDON — If Sherlock Holmes was such a smart detective, why was he not put on the case of Jack the Ripper?
Sherlock Holmes Vs. Jack the Ripper|Clive Irving|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the parlance of the Lieutenant, the old horse was indeed "a ripper."
Wanderings in India|John Lang
The men were laughing and having what the Hon. Percy Fitzhugh declared a ripper of a good time.
By Right of Conquest|Arthur Hornblow
Mr. Ripper's logic tended to the belief that he could not be punished if he stuck to the avowal of having seen nothing.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
And he told the story of the boy Ripper having been locked up in the mill.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Very quiet, inoffensive sort of chap, Fielding, but the girl's a ripper!
A Maker of History|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for ripper

ripper

/ (ˈrɪpə) /

noun

a person who rips

a murderer who dissects or mutilates his victims' bodies

informal, mainly Australian and NZ a fine or excellent person or thing

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ripper

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