rave-up

American  

[reyv-uhp] / ˈreɪvˌʌp /

noun

British Informal.

1. a party, especially a wild one.

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Etymology

Origin of rave-up

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

The next track, “Excited Delirium,” a high-speed roadhouse rave-up about unlawful search and seizure, is defiant and angry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

In life as in song, Williams, 67, is an expert storyteller: It’s not hard to imagine the mess of our current reality cast as a blues-rock rave-up on her 14th album, “Good Souls Better Angels.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2020

And then, as abruptly as this old-fashioned rave-up began, the music falls away, leaving only a faint pulse of piano chords.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Some of his locations are a little too obviously camera-ready — a junkyard, a warehouse, the big rave-up at Burning Man — but the people who bought the TV rights surely won’t mind.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2018

Ortega came out swinging with the rockabilly rave-up “Run-Down Neighborhood,” a devil-may-care declaration of co­dependency: “We might be bad for each other / But, man, it’s oh so good.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015