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raved

Variant of rave

intransitive verb raved, raving

  1. to talk incoherently or wildly, as in a delirious or demented state
  2. to talk with great or excessive enthusiasm (about)
  3. to rage or roar, as a storm

transitive verb

to utter incoherently

noun

  1. an act or instance of raving
  2. a raving action or speech
  3. a kind of loosely organized dance party, lasting through the night, that originated in Britain in the 1980s: a rave features techno music and typically includes the use of psychedelic drugs
  4. Informal an extremely or excessively enthusiastic commendation: often used attributively

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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