Definitions
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?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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