(Australia, UK, not-comparable, slang) Very good; excellent; fantastic.
2019 Kobe Howard, Coaches Wrap Brisbane Lions, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
Not only did Lachie Neale have another stand out game with 28 disposals and a ripper goal from outside 50, but Lions debutant Noah Answerth slotted in nicely picking up 5 intercept marks.
A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials.
A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.
Jack the Ripper
A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc.
A person employed to tear away ore, rock, etc. to make a passage for material to be carried to the surface.
(Australia, UK, slang) Something that is an excellent example of its kind.
He [Rafael Nadal] didn't convert that but gained the advantage and launched another ripper of a forehand to force the error from Tsitsipas on the volley. (Thurston, E. November 15, 2019, Rafael Nadal digs deep to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas at ATP Finals. Sky UK https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/11862011/rafael-nadal-digs-deep-to-beat-stefanos-tsitsipas-at-atp-finals accessed August 29, 2020)
Really, the Strauss Ball was in a category of its own, which is why we are making such a fuss about it; an absolute ripper of a ball whatever the hell it should be called in technical terms. 2018, Gary Cox, Cricket Ball, page 242:
Martin walked around the vehicle, viewing it from all angles and giggling as he did so. “She's a ripper, Bert, a real ripper!” 2001, Filton Hebbard, Memories of Kalgoorlie: Tales from the Australian Outback, page 334:
Software that extracts content from files or storage media.
A tool or plant used to reduce soil compaction.
(New-Jersey, US, slang) A hot dog deep-fried in oil until the casing bursts.
fi poimuri (software) · es destripador (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · ru зачёт (slang: something that is an excellent example of its kind) · pt estripador (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · fi ruumiinsilpoja (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · fr éventreur (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · it squartatore (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · pt ripador (software) · fr ripeur (someone who rips (something)) · bg изкормвач (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · fi viiltäjä (murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade) · fi kopioitsin (software) · fi ripperi (software)
Compare rip (“a basket”), or riparian (“relating to a river bank”).
Meanings
(obsolete) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
But what's the action we are for now? Robbing a ripper of his fish. c. 1622, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger [et al.?], “Beggars Bush”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene i: