Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who raves or is furious; a maniac.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who raves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who attends
rave parties , or who belongs to thatsubculture . - noun A person who
raves orrants .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
- noun a participant in a rave dancing party
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Examples
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Now is probably a good time to admit that I myself am a reformed/recovering ranter and raver, which is why I feel compelled to tell everyone else to stop it.
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A rave (or rave-up) was a crazy party, and a raver was a party animal.
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Drugscope found the use of ketamine - also called raver's smack - was on the rise in nine out of 20 areas it surveyed around the country.
The Devil's Kitchen 2009
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It's kind of hard to think of Tony as a raver, but then again, what does a "raver" look like?
Steve Rosenbaum: Creating a Happiness Culture: Zappos CEO Shows the Way 2010
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I wasn't a "raver" and I didn't merely transfer an addiction from one substance to another.
Charles Shaw: Exile Nation: Drugs, Prisons, Politics & Spirituality 2009
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With that pacifier, Sastre looks like some kind of raver/club kid from a few years back... maybe that's what he's going for?
Rest-Day Roundup: Stealing Seconds and Stealing Bikes BikeSnobNYC 2008
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A few years back my friend who is a 6'7 rugby player and 3 or four other young bouncers could barely contain a small guy on PCP (I think that was the drug's name) while working a late night "raver" or whatever you call them.
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Cotton even copies his woop-woop fist, like she's a gurning raver and not a showbiz brat who hosted The Disney Club aged 17 when she should've been out binge-drinking blue WKD.
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Look, I know I got carried away day-dreaming, me foolish raver.
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He's quietly confident, not a shouter or a ranter and raver, he just does it.
Northern Ireland 4-0 Faroe Islands | Euro 2012 Group C qualifier match report 2011
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