Definitions for rave
rave

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ravenoun

   a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played

   "raves are very popular in Berlin"

2. raveverb

   an extravagantly enthusiastic review

   "he gave it a rave"

3. raveverb

   participate in an all-night techno dance party

4. rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, raveverb

   talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

5. rave, gushverb

   praise enthusiastically

   "She raved about that new restaurant"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ravenoun

   An instance of raving.

2. Ravenoun

   A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ravenoun

   An enthusiastic review (e.g., a play)

2. ravenoun

   An all night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.

3. raveverb

   To speak or write wildly or incoherently

4. raveverb

   To attend a rave

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Raveverb

   Etymology: reven, Dutch; rêver, Fr.

   1. To be delirious; to talk irrationally.

   Men who thus rave, we may conclude their brains are turned, and one may as well read lectures at Bedlam as treat with such. Government of the Tongue.

   It soon infecteth the whole member, and is accompanied with watching and raving. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   Her grief has wrought her into frenzy,
   The images her troubled fancy forms
   Are incoherent, wild; her words disjointed:
   Sometimes she raves for musick, light and air;
   Nor air, nor light nor musick calm her pains. Smith.

   2. To burst out into furious exclamations as if mad.

   Shall these wild distempers of thy mind,
   This tempest of thy tongue, thus rave, and find
   No opposition? George Sandys, Paraphrase on Job.

   Our ravings and complaints are but like arrows shot up into the air, at no mark, and so to no purpose. William Temple.

   Wonder at my patience,
   Have I not cause to rave, and beat my breast,
   To rend my heart with grief, and run distracted. Addison.

   Revenge, revenge, thus raving through the streets,
   I’ll cry for vengeance. Thomas Southerne, Spartan Dame.

   He swore he could not leave me,
   With ten thousand ravings. Nicholas Rowe, Royal Convert.

   3. To be unreasonably fond. With upon before the object of fondness. A colloquial and improper sense.

   Another partiality is a fantastical and wild attributing all knowledge to the ancients or the moderns: this raving upon antiquity, in matter of poetry, Horace has wittily exposed in one of his satires. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rave

   Rave is a term that can be used in several different ways. 1) As a noun, it mainly refers to a large dance party or event, often held in unique or nontraditional spaces, with performances by DJs or live performers playing electronic music. The event can last all night or sometimes even several days. 2) As a verb and noun, it also denotes someone passionately talking about a certain thing enthusiastically for a prolonged period, often in a positive or excited manner. 3) In a different context, it can also refer to wild, unrestrained behavior or actions, often used in a negative way.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rave

   imp. of Rive

2. Ravenoun

   one of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh

3. Raveverb

   to wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman

4. Raveverb

   to rush wildly or furiously

5. Raveverb

   to talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty

6. Raveverb

   to utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly; as, to rave nonsense

7. Etymology: [Prov. E. raves, or rathes, a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rave

   A rave, rave dance, or rave party is a frenzied or boisterous party, originating mostly from acid house music parties, that typically features loud, amplified electronic music and light or laser shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performances. The genres of electronic dance music played include house, trance, techno, jungle, breakbeat, eurodance, liquid funk, drum and bass, drumstep, hardstyle, hardcore techno, gabber, UK hardcore, happy hardcore, psychedelic trance and most other electronic music genres with the accompaniment of laser light shows, projected images, visual effects, paint, glow sticks and smoke machines.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rave

   rāv, v.i. to be mad: to be wild or raging, like a madman: to talk irrationally.—v.t. to utter wildly.—ns. Rā′ver, one who raves or is furious; Rā′ving, furious talk.—adj. delirious: distracted.—adv. Rā′vingly, in a raving manner: with frenzy: with distraction. [O. Fr. râver (Fr. rêver), to be delirious—L. rabies, madness.]

2. Rave

   rāv, n. one of the side pieces of a wagon.

3. Rave

   rāv, old pa.t. of rive.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rave

   [WPI] 1. To persist in discussing a specific subject. 2. To speak authoritatively on a subject about which one knows very little. 3. To complain to a person who is not in a position to correct the difficulty. 4. To purposely annoy another person verbally. 5. To evangelize. See flame. 6. Also used to describe a less negative form of blather, such as friendly bullshitting. ‘Rave’ differs slightly from flame in that rave implies that it is the persistence or obliviousness of the person speaking that is annoying, while flame implies somewhat more strongly that the tone or content is offensive as well.

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1. RAVE

   What does RAVE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the RAVE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RAVE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rave is ranked #28100 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Rave surname appeared 852 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rave.
   
   53.1% or 453 total occurrences were White.
   22.1% or 189 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   18.4% or 157 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.8% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.7% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   1.6% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Dance
   • Party
   • Praise

Anagrams for rave »

1. vare

2. aver

3. vera

How to pronounce rave?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rave in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rave in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of rave in a Sentence

1. President Donald Trump aboard:

   One of the things I did is, I closed down the borders to China and to other areas that are very badly affected and really having a lot of troubles I mean, countries and areas of countries that have had a lot of problems, and, I closed them down very early, against the advice of almost everybody, and weve been given rave reviews.

2. Katie Webster:

   This creamy Roasted Garlic hummus has two whole heads of roasted garlic added to it. It has the perfect balance of lemon, tahini and garlic and always wins rave reviews.

3. Bill Clinton:

   North American Free Trade Agreement's true that too often past trade deals have been sold to the American people with rosy scenarios that didn't pan out, the answer is not to rant and rave, or cut ourselves off from the world.

4. President Trump:

   I will say also last night was an incredible evening. Brett Kavanaugh has gotten rave reviews—rave reviews—actually from both sides. I think it will be a beautiful thing to watch.

5. Dylan Thomas, Collected poems (1952):

   Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rave
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=rave
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rave
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rave
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rave
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rave
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rave
9. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Rave
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html