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1. A dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
   "raves are very popular in Berlin"
    
2. An extravagantly enthusiastic review
   "he gave it a rave"

1. Participate in an all-night techno dance party
    
2. Talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
   - rant, mouth off [informal], jabber, spout, rabbit on [informal]
    
3. Praise enthusiastically
   "She raved about that new restaurant";
   - gush, enthuse, kvell [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: raving, raves, raved

Type of: critical review, critique, dance, mouth, party, praise, review, review article, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Rave, Robert