rave-up
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rave-up
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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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
The band contributed an original song, “Zum Herz,” to the Grönland tribute compilation, transposing the melody from Rother’s solo song “Zyklodrom” into an post-punk rave-up.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2022
The selection committee also bestowed its singular imprimatur of cultural significance on the Village People’s 1978 disco rave-up single “Y.M.C.A.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 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
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