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rave

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪv/

The English word “rave” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
  2. A large-scale dance party with strobe lights and fast-paced electronic dance music, often illegally organized open-air or in underground venues.
  3. The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.
  4. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

verb

  1. To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
  2. To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
  3. To talk or otherwise express oneself with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
  4. To speak (a message) with intense enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
  5. To rush wildly or furiously.
  6. To attend a rave (dance party).
  7. To wander or roam.
  8. To stray or err.

Etymology

From Middle English raven (“to rave; talk like a madman”), from Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin. Compare rave below, and rove.

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