rah-rah
marked by or expressive of ardently enthusiastic spirit: a group of rah-rah undergraduates; a rah-rah attitude.
Origin of rah-rah
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How to use rah-rah in a sentence
The seemingly heroic stance of ACOG and the rah-rah for consumers need to be set into proper context.
How Over-the-Counter Birth Control Could Screw You | Kent Sepkowitz | November 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter a tense, at times laughable chase, comes the kind of rah-rah moment that amps up the audience for the rest of the film.
Best James Bond Opening Sequences: ‘Goldeneye’ & More (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | October 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAs I wrote this morning, it's true right now that right-wing pundits are trying to rah-rah his statements.
An enduring example of their seeming distance from the more "rah rah" Bush crowd came on Election Day, 2008.
That was his reputation back in school—a rah-rah guy, a cheerleader, and he was good at it.
And if you catch her chewing gum, or flirting with a rah-rah chum, then take a strap and make things hum, Wilhelmina!
Uncle Walt [Walt Mason] | Walt MasonAnd where Phelps leads with his baton of birch most of the other drovers of rah-rah boys follow.
A Book of Prefaces | H. L. MenckenFrom a crowd of rah-rah college boys celebrating a crew victory, a policeman had managed to extract two prisoners.
Toaster's Handbook | Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilersBut not in those flannels or that nice new college rah-rah shirt.
The Professor's Mystery | Wells Hastings
British Dictionary definitions for rah-rah
/ (ˈrɑːˌrɑː) /
informal, mainly US like or marked by boisterous and uncritical enthusiasm and excitement
Origin of rah-rah
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