(~s, raving, ~d)
1.
If someone ~s, they talk in an excited and uncontrolled way.
She cried and ~d for weeks, and people did not know what to do...
‘What is wrong with you, acting like that,’ she ~d, pacing up and down frantically.
VERB: V, V with quote
2.
If you ~ about something, you speak or write about it with great enthusiasm.
Rachel ~d about the new foods she ate while she was there...
‘Such lovely clothes. I’d no idea Milan was so wonderful,’ she ~d.
VERB: V about n, V with quote
3.
A ~ is a big event at which young people dance to electronic music in a large building or in the open air. Raves are often associated with illegal drugs. (BRIT)
...an all-night ~ at Castle Donington.
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Rave is also an adjective.
Old faces and new talents are making it big on the ~ scene.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
to rant and ~: see rant
see also raving