Definition of ripper
1 : one that rips; especially : a machine used to break up solid material (such as rock or ore)
2 : an excellent example or instance of its kind
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Examples of ripper in a Sentence
the comedian's last routine was a real ripper, leaving the audience in those proverbial stitches
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That spawned CD rippers, the MP3, software music players, hardware music players (like, eventually, the iPod), P2P file sharing, anti-piracy lawsuits, and web radio.
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