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The correct spelling is raves.

How to pronounce raves

noun

IPA: /ɹeɪvz/

Say it like: Rav-es

The correct spelling is raves. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play). For example: "He raved about her beauty."

Usage Examples

He raved about her beauty.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
  2. 2.An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
  3. 3.The genres of electronic dance music usually associated with rave parties.
  4. 4.One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.

verb

  1. 1.To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
  2. 2.To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
  3. 3.To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; followed by about, of, or (formerly) on.
  4. 4.To rush wildly or furiously.
  5. 5.To attend a rave (dance party).

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