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ˈripsnorter orig. U.S.
Also rip-snorter.
[f. rip v.2 + snorter1 2: cf. riproarious a.]
Someone or something exceptionally remarkable in appearance, quality, strength, or the like; spec. a storm, a gale. Cf. snorter1 2 b.
1840Crockett Almanac 20/1 Of all the ripsnorters I ever tutched upon, thar never war one that could pull her boat alongside of Grace Peabody. 1885Santa Fé Weekly New Mexican 20 Aug. 2/6 Any galoot who wants the Ripsnorter for a year can have it left at his bar-room on payment of three red chips in advance. 1889K. Munroe Dory Mates (1890) vi. 84 Boys, we are in for a regular ‘rip-snorter’. I never saw a nastier night. 1924R. Clements Gipsy of Horn v. 87 It came on to blow in a way that the packet-rats called a ‘rip-snorter’. 1931A. J. Cronin Hatter's Castle ii. ix. 368 Did you see that shot of mine, cocky?.. It was a—a regular nor'easter—a pickled ripsnorter. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 60 Ripsnorter, something particularly good. An amusing or eccentric person. 1951New Yorker 3 Mar. 28/1 The villain is a real ripsnorter. 1972Last Whole Earth Catalog (Portola Inst.) 445/3 This is Gurney Norman the author speaking, bringing you the end of this folk tale, and it's a rip-snorter. |