rah-rah

comparative more rah-rah · superlative most rah-rah

1. Marked by noisy enthusiasm.

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   “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 before we just get on the rah-rah train.”

   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

1. An expression of enthusiasm, expressed by high school and college cheerleaders at sporting events.

plural rah-rahs

1. abbreviationellipsisbusinessEllipsis of rah-rah skirt.

present singular third person rah-rahs · participle present rah-rahing · participle past rah-rahed · past rah-rahed

1. ambitransitiveTo express noisy enthusiasm (about).

   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

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   […] 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