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raving

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rav⋅ing

  [rey-ving]
Use raving in a Sentence
–adjective
1. talking wildly; delirious; frenzied: a raving maniac.
2. Informal. extraordinary or remarkable: a raving beauty.
–adverb
3. furiously or wildly: a remark that made me raving mad.
–noun
4. Usually, ravings.
a. irrational, incoherent talk: Putting him in a straitjacket did not stop his ravings.
b. wildly extravagant or outrageous talk; bombast.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see rave, -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
rav⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

rave

1  [reyv] verb, raved, rav⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used without object)
1. to talk wildly, as in delirium.
2. to talk or write with extravagant enthusiasm: She raved about her trip to Europe.
3. (of wind, water, storms, etc.) to make a wild or furious sound; rage.
–verb (used with object)
4. to utter as if in madness.
–noun
5. an act of raving.
6. an extravagantly enthusiastic appraisal or review of something.
7. Chiefly British Slang. a boisterous party, esp. a dance.
–adjective
8. extravagantly flattering or enthusiastic: rave reviews of a new play.
Origin:
1325–75; 1915–25 for def. 2; ME raven (v.), prob. < MF resver to wander, be delirious

Related forms:
raver, noun

Synonyms:
1. rant, rage, storm.
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rave   (rāv)   
v.   raved, rav·ing, raves

v.   intr.

  1. To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently.

  2. To roar; rage: The storm raved along the coast.

  3. To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play.

  4. To attend a rave.

v.   tr.
To utter or express in a frenzied manner.
n.  

  1. The act or an instance of raving.

  2. Informal An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review: The play received raves.

  3. An all-night dance party, especially one where techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played.

  4. Chiefly British A raucous party; a rave-up.

adj.   Informal
Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review.

[Middle English raven, from Old North French raver, variant of resver, to dream, wander, rave.]
rav'er n.
rav·ing   (rā'vĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Talking or behaving irrationally; wild: a raving maniac.

  2. Exciting admiration: a raving beauty.

n.  Delirious, irrational speech.
rav'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
rave

  1. n.
    a party; a wild celebration. : Let's have a little rave next Friday.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rave  (v.)
c.1374, "to show signs of madness or delirium," from O.Fr. raver, variant of resver "to dream, wander, rave," of unknown origin (see reverie). The identical (in form) verb meaning "to wander, stray, rove" first appeared c.1300 in Scottish and northern dialect, and is probably from an unrelated Scand. word (cf. Icelandic rafa). Sense of "talk enthusiastically about" first recorded 1704. Noun meaning "rowdy party" is from 1960, though rave-up was British slang for "wild party" from 1940; specific modern sense of "mass party with loud, fast electronic music and often psychedelic drugs" is from 1989. Raver, from this sense, is first recorded 1991. Raving is attested from 1475; sense of "remarkable" is from 1841.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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