"ripsnorter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-ripsnorter.ogg , En-us-ripsnorter.oga Forms: ripsnorters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ripsnorter (plural ripsnorters)
  1. (slang) a violently energetic or noisily outspoken person; someone using slambang methods Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ripsnorter-en-noun-DG19qmjU
  2. (slang) something extreme; humdinger Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-ripsnorter-en-noun-1TSV-ErP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snorter

Inflected forms

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