ripsnorter
noun
something or someone exceedingly strong or violent.
ripsnorting
-
a word derived from
ripsnorter.
Example Sentences
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Then I reason with Mama Bear that this is a time, not for ripsnorting confrontation, but for education.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2021
“He was known as ‘The Taz,’ short for the ripsnorting, whirlwind cartoon character, the Tasmanian devil,” former Virginia Supreme Court justice John Charles Thomas said in an essay.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018
But becoming a memoirist is a useful change of pace for a 60-year-old musician, especially when the memoir is as ripsnorting as this one.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2011
A ripsnorting, eloquent paper was the Courier-Journal in the old days when Colonel Henry Watterson, founder and first editor, ran it.
From Time Magazine Archive
One called it “the dingbustingest contest you ever clapped an eye on ... a ripsnorting race.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
