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ravey

/ˈɹeɪvi/

ravey adjective: characteristic of rave music or culture.

Adjective

ravey (comparative more ravey, superlative most ravey)

  1. (informal) Characteristic of rave music or culture.
    • Smokey Joe's Bad Boy EP (1993) followed suit with an explicitly funky, rather than ravey, feel […]1999, Peter Shapiro, Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide
    • […] he couldn't see the end of the human sea: before him were twenty-five thousand people in fluo, stripey ravey gear.1999, Mireille Silcott, Rave America: New School Dancescapes, page 43

Forms of ravey

comparativemore ravey
superlativemost ravey

Origin of ravey

From rave + -y.

Questions about ravey

What does ravey mean?
Ravey means characteristic of rave music or culture.
What part of speech is ravey?
Ravey is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ravey?
Ravey is pronounced /ˈɹeɪvi/.

Words near ravey in the dictionary

  1. ravers
  2. raves
  3. ravest
  4. raveth
  5. ravewear
  6. ravey
  7. Ravi
  8. ravier
  9. raviers
  10. ravigote
  11. ravigotes

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