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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang One that is remarkable for strength, intensity, or excellence.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a violently energetic or noisily outspoken person; someone using slambang methods
  2. n. something extreme; humdinger

Examples

  • “Gore then explained how he planned to travel to Iowa in September 2001 to deliver "a real ripsnorter of a speech" that would have harshly critiqued President Bush's first nine months in office and broken Gore's political silence.”

    The Wall Street Journal: I Stand by My Story, What Story?

  • ““The original ripsnorter,” said the frontiersman, crossing his arms over his brawny chest.”

    Simon & Schuster: Nevermore

  • “Craig Revel Horwood, who tends to be the harshest of the judges, told his fellow Australian: It was a ripsnorter mate.”

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

  • “JOHANNESBURG -- Kumba Iron Ore, one of the smaller participants in the global seaborne iron ore mining franchise, had a ripsnorter 2009 year, which hardly went unnoticed by 64% shareholder Anglo American, which has generally had a torrid year.”

    WN.com - Articles related to Steel prices to rise 20% in China

  • “JOHANNESBURG -- Kumba Iron Ore, one of the smaller participants in the global seaborne iron ore mining franchise, had a ripsnorter ...”

    WN.com - Business News

  • “A wayward - nay - shocking forehand goes miles wild as Monfils squanders two break points before Murray levels at deuce with a 210-km ripsnorter of a serve.”

    BBC News - Home

  • “Matt Prior fended off a ripsnorter of a short ball for Mike Hussey to take a diving catch in the gully, Graeme Swann was bowled off an edge by Mitchell Johnson and the Steve Finn edged”

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed

  • “He was one of a multitude of Minnesotans digging, plowing and blowing their way out from under Saturday's ripsnorter of a storm.”

    StarTribune.com rss feed

  • “- If you've been living in the Twitterverse then you've surely felt the aftershock of Bill Gates making his first official appearance on the social media ripsnorter just hours ago.”

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now

  • “If you've been living in the Twitterverse then you've surely felt the aftershock of Bill Gates making his first official appearance on the social media ripsnorter just hours ago.”

    Medlogs - Recent stories

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