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rip·per

(rĭp′ər)

1. One that rips.

2. One who commits murder with a knife or similar sharp object.

3. Slang One that is an excellent example of its kind.

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ripper

(ˈrɪpə)

1. a person who rips

2. a murderer who dissects or mutilates his victims' bodies

3. informal chiefly Austral and NZ a fine or excellent person or thing

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rip•per

(ˈrɪp ər)

n.

1. a person or thing that rips.

2. a killer who dispatches and often mutilates victims with a knife or similar weapon.

3. something esp. strong, fine, or good of its kind.

[1605–15]

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Noun

ripper - a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife; "Jack the Ripper was probably a madman"

liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

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ripper

[ˈrɪpəʳ] N Jack the Ripper → Juanito el Destripador

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ripper

n (= murderer) → Frauenmörder m

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ripper

[ˈrɪpəʳ] n (fam) (murderer) → squartatore m
Jack the Ripper → Jack lo squartatore

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That he might make his appearance before his mistress in the true style of a cavalier, he borrowed a horse from the farmer with whom he was domiciliated, a choleric old Dutchman of the name of Hans Van Ripper, and, thus gallantly mounted, issued forth like a knight- errant in quest of adventures.

Such was the appearance of Ichabod and his steed as they shambled out of the gate of Hans Van Ripper, and it was altogether such an apparition as is seldom to be met with in broad daylight.

Then, he thought, how soon he 'd turn his back upon the old schoolhouse; snap his fingers in the face of Hans Van Ripper, and every other niggardly patron, and kick any itinerant pedagogue out of doors that should dare to call him comrade!

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It would get so dark that it looked all blue-black outside, and lovely; and the rain would thrash along by so thick that the trees off a little ways looked dim and spider- webby; and here would come a blast of wind that would bend the trees down and turn up the pale under- side of the leaves; and then a perfect ripper of a gust would follow along and set the branches to tossing their arms as if they was just wild; and next, when it was just about the bluest and blackest -- FST!

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I'll stick to the widder till I rot, Tom; and if I git to be a reg'lar ripper of a robber, and everybody talking 'bout it, I reckon she'll be proud she snaked me in out of the wet."

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"You know, you are a ripper. I'm so grateful to you for being nice to me.

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Peace, of pious memory, disarmed suspicion by acquiring a local reputation for playing the fiddle and taming animals, and it's my profound conviction that Jack the Ripper was a really eminent public man, whose speeches were very likely reported alongside his atrocities.