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RIPPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ripper mean?
• RIPPER (noun)
The noun RIPPER has 1 sense:
1. a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
Familiarity information: RIPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
Jack the Ripper was probably a madman
Hypernyms ("ripper" is a kind of...):
liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))
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