rip-roaring

[ rip-rawr-ing, -rohr- ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. boisterously wild and exciting; riotous:

   Have a rip-roaring good time.

rip-roaring

adjective

1. informal.
   characterized by excitement, intensity, or boisterous behaviour

Word History and Origins

Origin of rip-roaring¹

1825–35, Americanism; rip ¹ + roaring, alteration of rip-roarious, modeled on uproarious

Example Sentences

In a few rip-roaring minutes, they turned the tables.

From BBC

Stop en route: Only 78 miles south of Seattle along I-5 are the rolling, spraying and rip-roaring waters of Great Wolf Lodge.

From Seattle Times

The sprawling 18-song collection is brimming with the most sophisticated songwriting of their career, balancing rip-roaring punk abrasions with intense vulnerability.

From Seattle Times

Fiji and Wales produced a rip-roaring contest to bring the curtain down on the first set of games.

From Seattle Times

She said she sees women who describe a "rip-roaring rage that they can't control", ahead of menstruation.

From BBC

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