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Examples of rip-roaring in a Sentence
a rip-roaring tale of the Old West
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And the holiday shopping season — including the Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend — poses an opportunity for the company to capitalize further on its rip-roaring momentum.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
The original Twister had about eight rip-roaring tornadoes, enough to float a cow and tumble houses for Jo and Bill to drive through.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 19 July 2024
Her producer — a manic sleaze played by a rip-roaring Dennis Quaid — decides to go in a different direction with the show.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
While Gryffin was dropping the beats on Twin Peaks, The Killers were rip-roaring their way through their own headlining set on the festival’s largest stage — Lands End.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
The bottom line: The economy is no longer in the rip-roaring state that helped stoke inflation.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
Every time Twisters threatens to lag over its two-hour run time, some more rip-roaring storm action revs everything back up.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 July 2024
There was his former adviser Peter Navarro, who gave a rip-roaring speech to an enthusiastic audience.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
This, combined with the rip-roaring bull market of the Eighties, was a major boon for the likes of Vanguard, which introduced its first 401(k) program in 1983.
—Andrew Lipstein, Harper's Magazine, 17 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
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“Rip-roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rip-roaring. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
rip-roaring
adjective
rip-roar·ing
ˈrip-ˈrōr-iŋ,
-ˈrȯr-
: noisily excited or exciting
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