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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

rip·snort·ing / ˈripˈsnôrting/ • adj. inf. showing great vigor or intensity: a ripsnorting editorial. DERIVATIVES: rip·snort·er / -ˈsnôrtər/ n. rip·snort·ing·ly adv.

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