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bodice-ripper — [bäd′is rip΄ər] n. a ROMANCE (n. 3) set in the past and having a formulaic plot that features scenes of sexual passion and violent action: also bodice ripper * * * … Universalium
bodice-ripper — [bäd′is rip΄ər] n. a ROMANCE (n. 3) set in the past and having a formulaic plot that features scenes of sexual passion and violent action: also bodice ripper … English World dictionary
bodice ripper — bodice rippers N COUNT (disapproval) You can refer to a film or novel which is set in the past and which includes a lot of sex scenes as a bodice ripper, especially if you do not think it is very good and is just intended to entertain people … English dictionary
bodice-ripper — bodˈice rippˈer noun (informal) A romantic (historical) novel involving sex and violence • • • Main Entry: ↑bodice * * * ˈbodice ripper 7 [bodice ripper bodice rippers] noun ( … Useful english dictionary
bodice-ripper — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bodice ripper : singular bodice ripper plural bodice rippers mainly journalism a book or film about romantic relationships in the 18th or 19th centuries, containing a lot of sex scenes … English dictionary
bodice-ripper — A novel, usually on a historical theme, with a plot that involves romantic passion between a vulnerable heroine and a rich, powerful male character, is called a bodice ripper. The novel is a bodice ripper set in the French revolution … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
bodice ripper — noun A sexually explicit romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, especially one involving the seduction of the heroine. My aunt would bring a stack of torrid bodice rippers with her to the beach, and would unfailingly blush if disturbed… … Wiktionary
bodice-ripper — a novel containing pornographic scenes Usually written by women, and featuring an aggressive male attitude to casual copulation: Anthony Looch s guide to bodice rippers. {Daily Telegraph, 17 December 1994, featured in a section normally … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
bodice-ripper — noun humorous a sexually explicit historical novel or film. Derivatives bodice ripping adjective … English new terms dictionary
bodice-ripper — /ˈbɒdəs rɪpə/ (say boduhs ripuh) noun a work of romantic fiction, usually set in a historical period, which incorporates a degree of violent sexual passion. –bodice ripping, adjective …
