Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is remarkable for strength, intensity, or excellence.
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- noun a violently energetic or noisily outspoken person; someone using
slambang methods - noun something extreme;
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Examples
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Gore then explained how he planned to travel to Iowa in September 2001 to deliver "a real ripsnorter of a speech" that would have harshly critiqued President Bush's first nine months in office and broken Gore's political silence.
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“The original ripsnorter,” said the frontiersman, crossing his arms over his brawny chest.
Nevermore Harold Schechter 1999
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Craig Revel Horwood, who tends to be the harshest of the judges, told his fellow Australian: It was a ripsnorter mate.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Stephen Adams 2011
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Matt Prior fended off a ripsnorter of a short ball for Mike Hussey to take a diving catch in the gully, Graeme Swann was bowled off an edge by Mitchell Johnson and the Steve Finn edged
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A wayward - nay - shocking forehand goes miles wild as Monfils squanders two break points before Murray levels at deuce with a 210-km ripsnorter of a serve.
BBC News - Home 2010
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JOHANNESBURG -- Kumba Iron Ore, one of the smaller participants in the global seaborne iron ore mining franchise, had a ripsnorter 2009 year, which hardly went unnoticed by 64% shareholder Anglo American, which has generally had a torrid year.
WN.com - Articles related to Steel prices to rise 20% in China 2010
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JOHANNESBURG -- Kumba Iron Ore, one of the smaller participants in the global seaborne iron ore mining franchise, had a ripsnorter 2009 year, which hardly went unnoticed by 64% shareholder Anglo American, which has generally had a torrid year.
WN.com - Articles related to Steel prices to rise 20% in China 2010
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He was one of a multitude of Minnesotans digging, plowing and blowing their way out from under Saturday's ripsnorter of a storm.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Kumba Iron Ore, one of the smaller participants in the global seaborne iron ore mining franchise, had a ripsnorter ...
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JOHANNESBURG -- Kumba Iron Ore, one of the smaller participants in the global seaborne iron ore mining franchise, had a ripsnorter ...
Steel: Report 2010
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