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rip⋅per

  [rip-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that rips.
2. Also, ripper bill, ripper act. a legislative bill or act for taking powers of appointment to and removal from office away from the usual holders of these powers and conferring them unrestrictedly on a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, or on a board of officials.
3. a double-ripper.
4. a killer who dispatches and often mutilates victims with a knife or similar weapon.
5. Mining. a hooklike tool, attached to earth-moving machinery, for tearing away ore, rock, etc.
6. Chiefly British Slang. something especially strong, fine, or good of its kind.
Origin:
1605–15; rip 1 + -er 1
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rip·per   (rĭp'ər)   
n.  
  1. One that rips.
  2. One who commits murder with a knife or similar sharp object.
  3. Slang One that is an excellent example of its kind.
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Ripper

Rip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rips; a ripping tool.

2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.

3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc. [Slang.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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ripper
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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