3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripper \Rip"per\, n.
1. One who or that which rips; a ripping tool.
2. A tool for trimming the edges of roofing slates.
3. Anything huge, extreme, startling, etc [Slang.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ripler \Rip"ler\, Ripper \Rip"per\, n. [Cf. {Rip} a basket, or
{Riparian}.] (O.E. Law)
One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland
towns. [Obs.]
But what's the action we are for now ? Robbing a ripper
of his fish. --Beau. & Fl
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ripper
n : a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the
ripper was probably a madman"
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