rip-roaring

1. 1.

   uncontrollably noisy

   Synonymsracketyuproarious

   Similarnoisy

Questions about rip-roaring

What does rip-roaring mean?

rip-roaring means "uncontrollably noisy".

How many syllables are in rip-roaring?

rip-roaring has 4 syllables and divides as ri-p-ro-a-ring under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rip-roaring?

Close synonyms include rackety, uproarious. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.