Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Talking or behaving irrationally; wild.
- adjective Exciting admiration.
- noun Delirious, irrational speech.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Furious exclamation; irrational incoherent talk.
- Furious with delirium; mad; distracted.
- Fit to excite admiration or enthusiasm; hence, amazing, intense, superlative, or the like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Talking irrationally and wildly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
rave . - noun usually plural Wild,
incoherent , or irrational talk. - adjective Talking wildly.
- adjective Causing excitement or wild praise.
- adverb Incoherently
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun declaiming wildly
- adverb in a raving manner
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Examples
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He limped out at the window, and was presently found by his great-aunt, reading what he called a raving novel, to see how he ought to have done it.
Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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Everyone knows full well that the whole purpose of their ranting and raving is to get the rumors out there, but then prevent him from debunking him by shouting and acting like angry monkeys.
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He hears a fair amount of ranting and raving from the public, he said.
Susan Buchanan: Streets Unlit After Dusk In Parts of New Orleans Susan Buchanan 2010
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He hears a fair amount of ranting and raving from the public, he said.
Susan Buchanan: Streets Unlit After Dusk In Parts of New Orleans Susan Buchanan 2010
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Most of the ranting and raving is about things that are not true or even close to true.
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Reading your poorly constructed crap and random scattershot raving is tough work indeed.
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(And while I can't speak for the network or the producers, all of this ranting and raving is purely anecdotal and isn't likely to shape the future direction of the show or its character development.)
Ask Matt: Fringe, Glee,The Choir, Lone Star, NCIS and More! 2010
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Reading your poorly constructed crap and random scattershot raving is tough work indeed. and reading your ostensibly and grammatically correct bullshit is of any value?
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What does one call a raving egomaniac and known meglomaniac who counts on homicide for politiccal reasons to ensure their political future ... who does not live in Pakistan ... who does not expect the Secret Service to investigate their pasty white, double-wide ass?
Hillary Invokes RFK Assassination While Describing Why She's Staying In Race 2009
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I am purposely keeping this information from this “blog” as I now understand how pathetic all this ranting and raving is … … ..
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