Definition of bodice-ripper

bodice-ripper    

noun

• romance novel.

  All the bodice-rippers are on a shelf in the back.

  Last edited on Apr 10 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 10 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'rip':
full rip	Definitions include: at the limit of being angry.
give a rip	Definitions include: to care; to mind.
let 'er rip	Definitions include: to flatulate
let it rip	Definitions include: to do something enthusiastically.
let one rip	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas".
off tha rip	Definitions include: really cool
rip	Definitions include: a rip-off.
rip a juicy one	Definitions include: to flatulate.
rip a new *sshole	Definitions include: to attack, beat up.
rip a new one	Definitions include: to verbally attack someone; "rip (one) a new asshole".
rip *ss	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas".
rip off	Definitions include: to give someone a bad bargain.
rip on	Definitions include: to make fun of.
rip one	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
ripped	Definitions include: extremely inebriated.
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