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Definition of Rip-roaring
1. Adjective. Uncontrollably noisy.
Similar to: Noisy
Derivative terms: Racket, Racketiness, Uproar, Uproar
Definition of Rip-roaring
1. Adjective. Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rip-roaring
Literary usage of Rip-roaring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Neutrality: The Crucifixion of Public Opinion, from the American Point of View by S. Ivor Stephen (1916)
"Whilst in the jungle he mingled with braying, rip-roaring, shrieking animals and
he has been braying, rip- roaring and shrieking ever since. ..."
2. A Basket of Chips: A Varied Assortment of Poems and Sketches by Joseph Bert Smiley (1888)
"Oh, 1 am a howler, a Big Kangaroo, I'ma rip-roaring rhymer from Kalamazoo. "
I'ma terror, and uon't you ..."
3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1856 "Hallo, Judge," said Major H., "that's a rip-roaring hat you've got."—San
Francisco Call, Dec. 19. Rising, the rise. Rising moans " more than. ..."
4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"... I'm your rip-roaring raccoon of the mountains, your Sitting-Bully boy with a
glass eye, ..."
5. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"... for a rip-roaring frontier town. In its heyday, which lasted roughly from
1872, when the railroad arrived, to 1884, when the cattle drives were ..."
6. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"The Valley of Gold DAVID HOWARTH A rip-roaring story of the great Northwest
country by a brand new writer. A tale of the Northwest, ..."
7. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1899)
"The applause of the audience, the rip-roaring enthusiasm of the Kingston Academy
yell, followed by the beloved club cry of ..."
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