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Definition of Rave-up
1. Noun. A raucous gathering.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rave-up
Literary usage of Rave-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"RAVE, or RAVE UP, r.—To tear up, put in confusion. They'll have to rave up the
streets again for the sewage When one begins to rave about, one always finds ..."
2. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"RAVE, or RAVE UP, r.—To tear up, put in confusion. They'll have to rave up the
streets again for the sewage. When one begins to rave about, one always finds ..."
3. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"... to tear them rudely open, and discover their nature and aggravations." Mr.
Peacock in the Manley and Corringham Glossary (E. L). S.). has "Rave up, ..."
4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"Terence in English, W Л. RAVES, ». Frames of wood laid over a waggon, so as to
enable it to carry a larger load of hay, &c. Line. See Rat/tes. rave-up, ». ..."
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