ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Rip-roaring

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Rip-roaring is an adjective meaning (informal) Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.

Meaning

(informal) Exciting, energetic, enthusiastic, with gusto.

Example Sentences

It was a rip-roaring bar fight, until the cops broke it up.
The brain matches the mind-image of doughnuts to images and emotions stored in his brain’s memory regions: “Mmmm … doughnuts.” Then—bingo!—his brain’s dopamine-producing reward centres light up and have a rip-roaring hootenanny.

Synonyms for rip-roaring

Depending on context, synonyms include uproarious, noisy, rackety.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uproarious, noisy, rackety, roaring, boisterous, amped.

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