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rave

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"Enthusiastic review"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ɹeɪv/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aervStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Enthusiastic review, lively dance event, or excited praise.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.
  • Maybe I wear baggies / And white socks with flip-flops / Maybe I don't like listening to rave / And I'm not on the social mountaintops
  • Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast?

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