Rave
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rave¹
- /ɹeɪv/
Rhymes with -eɪv
Where it comes from
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.
noun raves
- An enthusiastic review (such as of a play). It was the critic's rave that made me want to see the show.
- A large-scale dance party with strobe lights and fast-paced electronic dance music, often illegally organized open-air or in underground venues. She has attended a rave every weekend this month.
- The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties. I danced to rave music all night.
verb raves · raving · raved
- To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?
- To speak or write wildly or incoherently. "She is in trance. Your daughter, sir, is a powerful medium." "A medium! You are raving."
- To talk or otherwise express oneself with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement. He raved about her beauty.
- To speak (a message) with intense enthusiasm, passion or excitement. She raved that she must seek revenge against the wrongdoers.
- To rush wildly or furiously. Under a mightie rocke, gainst which do rave The roaring billowes in their proud disdaine
- To attend a rave (dance party). The situation with Tommy's parents made me grateful my parents hadn't caught on to my partying that summer. How had I gotten away with raving every weekend, and sometimes on Thursday nights too?
Similar: craze, have a kangaroo loose in the top paddock, have a screw loose, have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry, have squirrels in the attic, have toys in the attic, nut out, nut up, rave
rave²
- /ɹeɪv/
Rhymes with -eɪv
Where it comes from
From northern Middle English raven, from Old Norse ráfa (“to wander, roam”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Perhaps from a dissimilation of Proto-Germanic *wab(b)ōną (“to sway, waver, swing, shake, wobble, totter, reel, careen”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move, swarm, waft”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rava (“to wander, be delirious”). Doublet of rove.
Compare also Middle Dutch reven (“to utter nonsense, rave, be drowsy”) (whence modern Dutch revelen (“to rave, talk nonsense”), Middle Low German rēven (“to be crazy, think and talk nonsensically”), Middle High German reben (“to move about, dream, be confused”) (compare Alemannic German räbeln (“to make loud noise”)).
verb raves · raving · raved
- To wander or roam.
- To stray or err.
Similar: craze, have a kangaroo loose in the top paddock, have a screw loose, have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry, have squirrels in the attic, have toys in the attic, nut out, nut up, rave
rave³
- /ɹeɪv/
Rhymes with -eɪv
Where it comes from
English dialect raves, or rathes (“a frame laid on a wagon, for carrying hay, etc.”).
noun raves
- One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh. It was astonishing to see how he had gnawed the rave of the sled.
rave⁴
- /ɹeɪv/
Rhymes with -eɪv
verb
- simple past of rive
Similar: craze, have a kangaroo loose in the top paddock, have a screw loose, have bats in one's belfry, have bats in the belfry, have squirrels in the attic, have toys in the attic, nut out, nut up, rave
Rave⁵
proper noun Raves
- A surname.
