rave

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
2. (intransitive) To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
3. (intransitive) To talk with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
4. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
5. (intransitive) To attend a rave (dance party).

Verb

1. (Newfoundland, Scotland, intransitive) To wander or roam.
2. (Newfoundland, Scotland, intransitive) To stray or err.

Verb

simple past of rive

Synonyms

rant

be delirious

rage

😡

jabber

blather

drivel

spout

mouth off

rampage

nonsense

speak nonsense

praise

rabbit on

babble

ramble

wander

wandering

raving

chatter

gush

be furious

hoopla

delirious

delirium

go berserk

go mad

hail

hallelujah

hallucinate

harangue

hit

holler

howl

hymn

laud

maffick

maunder

orate

paean

panegyric

preach

rail

reef

rhapsodize

roam

roar

run amok

run riot

smash

smash hit

Translations

délirer

delirare

farneticare

divaguer

krankzinnig zijn

non-sens

desvariar

rasen

raaskallen

delirar

ijlen

être fou

παραληρώ

morari

Rave

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 rave below, and rove.