rave

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To speak wildly, irrationally, or incoherently.
2. v. To roar; rage: The storm raved along the coast.
3. v. To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play.
4. v. To attend a rave.
5. v. To utter or express in a frenzied manner.
6. n. The act or an instance of raving.
7. n. Informal An extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review: The play received raves.
8. n. An all-night dance party, especially one where techno, house, or other electronically synthesized music is played.
9. n. Chiefly British A raucous party; a rave-up.
10. adj. Informal Relating to or being an extravagantly enthusiastic opinion or review.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To talk like a madman; speak with delirious or passionate extravagance; declaim madly or irrationally; rage in speech.
2. To talk about something with exaggerated earnestness, and usually with little judgment or coherence; declaim enthusiastically, immoderately, or ignorantly.
3. To produce a brawling or turbulent sound; move or act boisterously: used of the action of the elements.
4. To utter in frenzy; say in a wild and excited manner.
5. An obsolete preterit of rive.
6. To rive.
7. Same as reave, 3.
8. To tear up; pull or tear the thatch or covering from (a house): same as reave, 4.
9. n. A tearing; a hole or opening made by tearing out or away: as, a rave in an old building.
10. n. One of the side pieces of the body of a wagon or other vehicle.
11. n. A turnip.

Wiktionary

1. n. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
2. n. An all night dance party filled with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) and possibly drug use.
3. v. To speak or write wildly or incoherently'
4. v. To attend a rave (dance party).

GNU Webster's 1913

1. imp. of rive.
2. n. One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
3. v. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman.
4. v. To rush wildly or furiously.
5. v. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on.
6. v. To utter in madness or frenzy; to say wildly.
7. n. An instance of raving.
8. n. A highly flattering or enthusiastic review of a play, book, etc.
9. n. originally British slang A clamorous dance party, especially one featuring a band or disc jockey playing loud modern rock music oriented toward young people, held in a large room such as a warehouse, often organized by an informal or ad hoc sponsor.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
2. v. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
3. v. praise enthusiastically
4. n. an extravagantly enthusiastic review
5. v. participate in an all-night techno dance party