rah-rah
rah-rah adjective: marked by noisy enthusiasm. Also the ellipsis of rah-rah skirt.
Adjective
rah-rah (comparative more rah-rah, superlative most rah-rah)
- Marked by noisy enthusiasm.
- “I turned on Fox News yesterday, and I’m sorry, but it was like watching Russian propaganda,” she said on her Monday show. “There was nothing skeptical. It was all rah-rah cheerleading, yes, let’s go. […] I believe in President Trump, but there are serious reasons to just exercise a note of caution...2026 January 7, Jeremy Barr, quoting Megyn Kelly, “Maga media stars back Trump on Venezuela … mostly: ‘It doesn’t make any sense’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2026
Interjection
- An expression of enthusiasm, expressed by high school and college cheerleaders at sporting events.
Verb
rah-rah (third-person singular simple present rah-rahs, present participle rah-rahing, simple past and past participle rah-rahed)
- To express noisy enthusiasm (about).
- […] the official gen-art person was rah-rahing the organization how great and fabulous they are and i just wanted to roll my eyes. they were taking themselves quite seriously it reminded me of when we used to throw those charity fashion show parties in college […]2004, Abbe Diaz, PX This, page 177
- People rah-rahed about her good fortune of marrying a Prince, but no one, not even Diana had an inkling of what destiny had in store for her.2021, Oswald Eakins, Deep Inside Diana, The Pain and The Secrets
Also used as
rah-rah is also the ellipsis of rah-rah skirt.
Forms of rah-rah
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more rah-rah |
| superlative | most rah-rah |
| Noun | |
| plural | rah-rahs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rah-rahs |
| present participle | rah-rahing |
| past participle | rah-rahed |
| past | rah-rahed |
Origin of rah-rah
Reduplication of (hur)rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.
Phrases with rah-rah
Questions about rah-rah
- What does rah-rah mean?
- Rah-rah means marked by noisy enthusiasm.
- What part of speech is rah-rah?
- Rah-rah can be an adjective, an interjection or a verb.
Words near rah-rah in the dictionary
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