ripsnorters

noun

Definition of ripsnortersnext
plural of ripsnorter
as in beauties
something very good of its kind had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter, but it turned out to be a real snoozer

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  1. beauties
  2. wonders
  3. hot stuff
Noun
  • Lifestride Mary Jane Flats As a fan of Mary Jane flats, these brown beauties are a steal at 57 percent off.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Here's how to make these sophisticated beauties.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of beauties
Noun
  • Do the wonders of the natural world draw you closer to all things green?
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The poet and scholar, who died Monday at 81, was a gifted chronicler of the wonders and complexity of Black life—a talent buoyed by her warm, imaginative approach to both art and social change.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of wonders
Noun
  • But ketamine, as my colleagues Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton reported earlier this year, has become hot stuff among the rich and famous.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • By 1974, Kissinger, the brilliant, all-but-anonymous Harvard academic, was hot stuff.
    Ted Koppel, CBS News, 7 May 2023
Definition of hot stuff
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“Ripsnorters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripsnorters. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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