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rip-roaring
[ rip-rawr-ing, -rohr- ]
adjective
- boisterously wild and exciting; riotous:
Have a rip-roaring good time.
rip-roaring
adjective
- informal.characterized by excitement, intensity, or boisterous behaviour
Word History and Origins
Origin of rip-roaring1
Example Sentences
Ultimately, “The Amateur” is more of an emotional journey than a rip-roaring one, but why would we prefer the former over the latter in this context?
In a few rip-roaring minutes, they turned the tables.
Stop en route: Only 78 miles south of Seattle along I-5 are the rolling, spraying and rip-roaring waters of Great Wolf Lodge.
The sprawling 18-song collection is brimming with the most sophisticated songwriting of their career, balancing rip-roaring punk abrasions with intense vulnerability.
Fiji and Wales produced a rip-roaring contest to bring the curtain down on the first set of games.
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