raving Definition
rave
verb raved, raving
- intr
1. To talk wildly as if mad or delirious.
- Thesaurus: fume, rage, roar, rant, thunder, storm, declaim, harangue, ramble, splutter, fulminate.
2. To talk enthusiastically or passionately about it.
- Thesaurus: praise, extol, boost, enthuse, magnify.
- Form: rave about something (usually)
- Form: rave over something
- colloq:
1. Extravagant praise.
2. A rave-up.
3. A gathering of lots of people in a large warehouse or open-air venue such as a field, etc for dancing to eg techno or acid-house music, etc where little alcohol is drunk but recreational drugs are usually available.
- 1. colloq
- Extremely enthusiastic. 14c.
- Example: rave reviews
raving
verb
- 1. Present participle of rave.
- 1. Frenzied; delirious.
- Thesaurus: crazy, frantic, irrational, berserk, manic, wild, frenzied, delirious, hysterical, furious.
- Great; extreme.
- Example: a raving beauty
- 1. Wild, frenzied or delirious talk.
- Form: ravings (usually)
