ravey

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/ˈɹeɪvi/

adjective

Characteristic of rave music or culture.

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Meanings

adjectiveravey (comparative more ravey, superlative most ravey)

comparative more ravey · superlative most ravey

  1. informalCharacteristic 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
    1 more example

    […] 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

Origin

From rave + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ravey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravey

MLA

“ravey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravey. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ravey,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ravey.

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