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Meanings of rave in English

Portuguese
rugir
Catalan
xerrar
Spanish
charlar

Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner.

rugir
Spanish
enaltecer

Praise enthusiastically.

enaltecer
Synonyms
Examples for "rant"
Examples for "rant"
1
Let me repeat an admonition from my own rant in today's paper.
The Irish Times
2
If things break, there will be a rant immediately following these words.
Wired
3
Eszterhas senior said he and his family were terrified during the rant.
The Guardian
4
The first two times a halting apology gave way to a rant.
The arms maker of berlin
5
Manchester Utd v S Prague: The annual Roy Keane rant arrived yesterday.
The Irish Times
1
Within seconds, water gushed from its spout and splashed into the lake.
The Secret Crown (2010)
2
Sing out for every spout, though he spout ten times a second!
Moby Dick
3
It was like the God of Michael Angelo passing in a water-spout.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
4
He picked himself up; and observed that a second spout had formed.
A Voyage to Arcturus
5
Do you observe nothing strange at the spout end of the funnel.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
1
And the answer is, when they jabber more in Vulcan, he added.
Reuters
2
There's been plenty of jabber about whether Djokovic deserves the No1 spot.
The Guardian
3
The words being spoken around her seemed to dissolve into a jabber.
The Long War
4
Julia is the linguist, and can jabber French and German like natives.
What Can She Do?
5
They were all foreigners, and they quite deafened me by their jabber.
Armadale
1
Then he was moving his mouth off hers and along her jaw.
Here comes trouble
2
Good stuff to mouth off in a pub, I give him that.
The Irish Times
3
Why else would he go around shooting his mouth off about me?
Catch-22
4
As usual, he didn't wait for permission to shoot his mouth off.
Heat Wave
5
She couldn't skip school or mouth off or otherwise step outside the lines.
The Good Girls
1
The man dropped his rabbit on the table with a negligent air.
Three Soldiers
2
Maybe he could find a mouse or a rabbit on the way.
The Wolf’s Hour
3
He's been like a bunny rabbit on Duracells since the opening ceremony.
The Irish Times
4
Put the rabbit on its knees, and skewer in that position.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
5
The second he did, the boy tried to rabbit on him.
The apostle
Usage of rave in English
1
No mention of rave culture, of why those words might be there.
The Guardian
2
The New York Times, Granta and Oprah's magazine gave it rave reviews.
The South African
3
Donald Clarke has a good run down of the rave reviews here.
The Irish Times
4
Women would rave about him; men would think him finical and dandified.
The Man Between: An International Romance
5
In 2013 he did a national stand-up tour and received rave reviews.
BBC
6
UPDATE 2: Or we can make do with chart-topping Euro rave-poppers Cascada.
The Irish Times
7
From what he had heard, the group had performed to rave reviews.
The South African
8
The laird let him rave on: it was useless to oppose him.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
9
But the woman continued to shriek and rave until Mrs. Harold said:
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
10
They rave against the Prussians, but it is the Bourgeois they hate.
A Girl of the Commune
11
It's her way of introducing Acapella, a tribal rave hit from 2010.
The Guardian
12
With my oil-phobia officially cured, I can't rave about this product enough.
News.com.au
13
We set up a PA system and turned it into a rave.
The Guardian
14
Some biologists who have already started using Galaxy give it rave reviews.
Wired
15
You rave about the beauty of flowers and trees-youthink them divine.
A Voyage to Arcturus
16
And his voice, when it came, was as harsh as any raven's.
Vlad. The Last Confession
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Translations for rave
Portuguese
rugirgritar
Rave through the time
Rave across language varieties
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