rip roaring
1rip-roaring — /rip rawr ing, rohr /, adj. Informal. boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip roaring good time. [1825 35, Amer.; RIP1 + ROARING, alter. of rip roarious, modeled on uproarious] * * * …
2rip-roaring — adj, adv informal exciting and full of energy ▪ Micky had a rip roaring time spending his first wage packet …
3rip-roaring — rip ,roaring adjective only before noun INFORMAL very lively and exciting: The show was a rip roaring success …
4rip-roaring — ☆ rip roaring [rip′rôr′iŋ ] adj. Slang boisterous; uproarious …
5rip-roaring — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ full of energy and vigour …
6rip-roaring — adjective informal 1 rip roaring success a very big success: The new musical looks set to become a rip roaring success. 2 noisy, exciting, and uncontrolled: Micky had a rip roaring time spending his first wage packet. | rip roaring drunk (=very… …
7rip-roaring — ADJ: ADJ n If you describe something as rip roaring, you mean that it is very exciting and full of energy. [INFORMAL] ...a rip roaring movie with a great array of special effects …
8rip-roaring — very exciting and successful. The show was a rip roaring success. (always before noun) The car was launched with a rip roaring publicity campaign …
9rip-roaring — /ˈrɪp rɔrɪŋ/ (say rip rawring) adjective Colloquial boisterous; riotous; wild and noisy: *Imagine this studious youth in the rip roaring days of the Ballarat goldfields –frank clune, 1937. {US English colloquialism (1830s); rip1 + roaring} …
10rip-roaring — adjective Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto. It was a rip roaring, bar wide, fight, until the cops broke it up …
