Synonyms for ripper
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rip-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪp ər |
Top 10 synonyms for ripper Other synonyms for the word ripper
Définition of ripper
Origin :- 1610s, agent noun from rip (v.). Meaning "killer who mutilates his victims" (1890) is from Jack the Ripper, notorious London murderer, whose nickname contains a pun on ripper in sense of "tool for ripping" old slates, etc. (1823) and the slang meaning "excellent person or thing, a 'ripping' fellow" (1838), from ripping "excellent, splendid."
- As in knife : noun cutting tool
- Bob Pillin saw her white round throat, and thought: 'She is a ripper!'
- Extract from : « Five Tales » by John Galsworthy
- Is it so lovely really, that Aunt Dodo has settled to marry the Ripper?
- Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
- "Jack Chesterford, because he is such a ripper," said Nadine.
- Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson
- In the parlance of the Lieutenant, the old horse was indeed "a ripper."
- Extract from : « Wanderings in India » by John Lang
- Its a ripper, the gramophone, I mean, like some other people I am thinking of!
- Extract from : « The Celebrity at Home » by Violet Hunt
- Jack the Ripper manifestly had something of the same idea about his use of the knife.
- Extract from : « She Stands Accused » by Victor MacClure
- Poe would not have been puzzled for an hour by the vagaries of Jack the Ripper.
- Extract from : « A Mysterious Disappearance » by Gordon Holmes
- Tartuffe and Jack the Ripper—was ever such a combination in the history of the world!
- Extract from : « The Crime of the Congo » by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- It's a ripper of a kite with a great gilt star on it that's got eight prongs.
- Extract from : « The William Henry Letters » by Abby Morton Diaz
- "That's a ripper your friend Amaldi's got," he said to Sophy.
- Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives
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