ripsnortern.
/ˈrɪpˌsnɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈrɪpˌsnɔrdər/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
Someone or something exceptionally remarkable in appearance, quality, strength, or the like. Cf. snorter n.1 2.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing
carbunclea1350
swanc1386
phoenixc1400
diamondc1440
broocha1464
surmounterc1500
sovereign?a1513
primrose peerless1523
superlative1577
transcendent1593
Arabian birda1616
crack1637
first rate1681
peach1710
phoenicle1711
admiration1717
spanker1751
first-raterc1760
no slouch of1767
nailer1806
tip-topper1822
ripper1825
ripstaver1828
apotheosis1832
clinker1836
clipper1836
bird1839
keener1839
ripsnorter1840
beater1845
firecracker1845
pumpkin1845
screamer1846
stunner1847
bottler1855
beaut1866
bobby-dazzler1866
one out of the box1867
stem-winder1875
corker1877
trimmer1878
hot stuff1884
daisy1886
jim-dandy1887
cracker1891
jim-hickey1895
peacherino1896
pippin1897
alpha plus1898
peacherine1900
pip1900
humdinger1905
bosker1906
hummer1907
good egg1914
superstar1914
the berries1918
bee's knee1923
the cat's whiskers1923
smash1923
smash hit1923
brahma1925
dilly1935
piss-cutter1935
killer1937
killer-diller1938
a hard act to follow1942
peacheroo1942
bitch1946
brammerc1950
hot shit1960
Tiffany1973
bollocks1981
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind
birra1325
racka1400
galea1547
Euroclydon1561
huff-gale1582
whiskera1598
gale-wind1628
sniffler1768
snifter1768
storm wind1839
buster1848
snorter1855
snorer1871
blusterer1877
ripsnorter1889
smeller1898
hurricane wind1921
1840 Crockett Almanac 20/1 Of all the ripsnorters I ever tutched upon, thar never war one that could pull her boat alongside of Grace Peabody.
1885 Santa 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.
1889 K. Munroe Dory Mates (1890) vi. 84 Boys, we are in for a regular ‘rip-snorter’ [sc. a violent storm]. I never saw a nastier night.
1924 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn v. 87 It came on to blow in a way that the packet-rats called a ‘rip-snorter’.
1931 A. 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.
1951 New Yorker 3 Mar. 28/1 The villain is a real ripsnorter.
1972 Last Whole Earth Catal. (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.
2005 V. Swarup Q & A 243 To my everlasting regret, I never had an Australian client whom I could slap on the back and say, ‘G'day mate, I'm gonna give you the good oil about this rip-snorter of a tomb!’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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