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rip-roar⋅ing

  [rip-rawr-ing, -rohr-]
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–adjective Informal.
boisterously wild and exciting; riotous: Have a rip-roaring good time.
Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; rip 1 + roaring, alter. of rip-roarious, modeled on uproarious
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rip-roar·ing   (rĭp'rôr'ĭng, -rōr'-)
adj.   Informal
Noisy, lively, and exciting.

[From rip1 + (up)roar(ious).]
rip'-roar'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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