rave

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
2. An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.
3. The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.

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 with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
4. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
5. To attend a rave (dance party).

Verb

simple past of rive

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪv/

Etymology

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