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rip-roaring

[rip-rawr-ing, -rohr-] / ˈrɪpˌrɔr ɪŋ, -ˌroʊr- /






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Rip-roaring as that concert was, Gilbert and the Philharmonic returned the following night with an all-out tour de force—a mighty demonstration of the undiminished power of symphonic writing in the early twenty-first century.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016

Rip-roaring historical novel based on a violent, real and royal life by Thomas Mann's older brother and fellow-exile.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rip-roaring fist fights sometimes punctuate the debates in the modernistic chambers of the national Congress in Brasilia.

From Time Magazine Archive




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