Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Noisy, lively, and exciting.
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- adjective
Exciting ,energetic ,enthusiastic , withgusto .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective uncontrollably noisy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Thankfully for Sony, its next venture was a rip-roaring success, but it did require teaming up with arch rival Philips to make it happen.
David Julian Price: When Two Tribes Go To War David Julian Price 2011
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The News of the World called the book "a rip-roaring account" and gave it four stars.
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A rip-roaring romance that she would later be slightly ashamed of, she had made it up to tell her younger brother, Boris, while he was ill in bed.
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On the other hand, the Communist Manifesto is a rip-roaring statement of bold political action.
Think Progress » Right-wing Texas Education Board accidentally bans popular children’s book author. 2010
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Now there's only one thing left to do after you vote as you gather your friends to watch Tuesday night's midterm election results: Get rip-roaring drunk.
Lee Brenner: The Election Night Drinking Game: HyperVocal Edition Lee Brenner 2010
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It's a rip-roaring tale, expertly and enthusiastically told, as you'd expect from the man who literally wrote the book on it, even if in places the choice of moments to re-enact does appear to have been motivated more by what looked like a laugh than any notion of historical interest.
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It's another rip-roaring monologue and who knows what Bassett might have done with it if allowed?
Michael Giltz: Theater: "The Mountaintop" (Sort Of) Scales The Heights Michael Giltz 2011
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The club continue to cling to the dream of a fourth-placed Premier League finish, which would bring readmission to the Champions League and the promise of another rip-roaring adventure.
Harry Redknapp says idea of Europa League at Tottenham leaves him cold 2011
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It's another rip-roaring monologue and who knows what Bassett might have done with it if allowed?
Michael Giltz: Theater: "The Mountaintop" (Sort Of) Scales The Heights Michael Giltz 2011
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By 10:15 p.m., my mom has informed me that I should invite all my friends, promising we will have a rip-roaring good time.
Ten Miles Past Normal Frances O’Roark Dowell 2011
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