rip snorter

 [rip-snawr-ter]  

rip·snort·er

   [rip-snawr-ter]
noun Informal.
1.
something or someone exceedingly strong or violent: a ripsnorter of a gale.
2.
something or someone remarkably good or exciting.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; rip1 + snorter
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Rip snorter is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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rip snorter definition


  1. n.
    a remarkable person or thing; a hilarious joke. (Folksy.) : Old Fred is a real rip snorter.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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