rip-roaring
rip-roaring · more rip-roaring · most rip-roaring
Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gustoExciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.
Meaning
1 senses(informal)Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.
It was a rip-roaring bar fight, until the cops broke it up.
More definitions
- uncontrollably noisy
Origin
From rip + roaring.From rip + roaring.
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Forms
more rip-roaring, most rip-roaring| Comparative | more rip-roaring Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most rip-roaring Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- uncontrollably noisy:racketyuproarious
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedrip-roaringly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form