as in beauty
something very good of its kind
had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter, but it turned out to be a real snoozer
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Recent Examples of ripsnorter
Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.
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New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
—SI.com, 6 July 2019
New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
—SI.com, 6 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripsnorter
Noun
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The beauty calendar is marked by several tentpoles.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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The film explores the beauty and burdens of being an eldest daughter and constructs an escapist world where Black girls get to simply be kids.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Duff’s return is what a millennial’s dreams are made of, after all.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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Everyone goes on Survivor with the dream of winning the title of Sole Survivor and the $1 million prize that goes with it.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eastlake High School grad Tony Jefferson is a marvel.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Sep. 2025
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What makes this one so special is the way the film transforms this giant boat — a modern marvel of engineering — into a terrifying, deadly obstacle course.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Season 3 cranks the tension up to an 11 and ends on a humdinger of a twist.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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And that first Game 7 in finals history, in the parlance of the day, was a humdinger.—
The Athletic NBA Staff,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Based on a script by Richard Price and Alexander Ignon, Ransom is a corker of a paranoid, father’s-worst-nightmare thriller in which Gibson plays Tom, a one-percenter who discovers that his son has been kidnapped.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The feature is Robbie’s first starring role since Barbie became a phenomenon two years ago and helped revive the box office.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Sep. 2025
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Piastri crashed out at Baku during Q3, a phenomenon that has historically occurred at the track.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Surfers recounted stories of Kolby Aipa, a building-sized image of the young ripper on the side of the HSS building looking back at the crowd, flowers added to a memorial that has grown at the site.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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This ripper supports nearly every DVD format, including protected discs with CSS, region codes, and Sony ARccOS.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While some waffle robes are known to shrink after a single wash, this is far from the truth for this textural beaut, which feels lush and maintains its shape across years of consistent use.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Literally anyone who can ride a bike can hoist a beaut by pressing a little button by your throttle and ride it out until the wheels fall off or the battery dies.—
Joe Salas
August 01,
New Atlas,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Ripsnorter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripsnorter. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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