US /reɪv/ UK /reɪv/
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to talk wildly or with enthusiastic praise; an all-night dance party

    Critics raved about the young pianist's debut performance.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to talk wildly or with... rantgushenthusebabbleeffusepraise
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms raverraving

Etymology

From Middle English raven, probably from Old French raver, variant of resver ('to wander, be delirious'), of uncertain ultimate origin.

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