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rave-up

noun

a raucous gathering

• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain

• Hypernyms: ↑gathering, ↑assemblage

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ \ noun (-s)

Etymology: rave (herein) + -up (as in nosh-up — herein)

1. Britain : a wild party : bash

a. : the hard-driving sometimes instrumental climactic section of a popular or country music song

b. : a song having a rave-up

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/rayv"up'/, n. Brit. Informal.

a party, esp. a wild one.

[1965-70]

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raveˈ-up noun (informal)

1. A lively celebration

2. A wild, uninhibited, thoroughly enjoyable party

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Main Entry: ↑rave

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rave-up UK US noun [countable] [singular rave-up plural rave-ups] british informal

a noisy party where you dance and drink alcohol

Thesaurus: dance parties_hyponym

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rave-up «RAYV _UHP», noun.

British Slang. a wild party: »all-night rave-ups.

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n. informal another term for rave n. sense 2

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ˈrave-up 7 [rave-up rave-ups] noun (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)

a lively party or celebration

Useful english dictionary. 2012.