Rip-roaring

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto. informal

    "It was a rip-roaring bar fight, until the cops broke it up."

Adjective
  1. 1
    uncontrollably noisy wordnet

Synonyms

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anarchicangryavidbigblaringblatant

Antonyms

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dreich

Example

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"It was a rip-roaring bar fight, until the cops broke it up."

Etymology

From rip + roaring.

Related phrases

rip-roaringly

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