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rah-rah en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Reduplication of (hur)rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.

Meanings

  1. Marked by noisy enthusiasm.
    • “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:

Forms

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more rah-rah Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rah-rah Degree=Sup lexicographic

rah-rah en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Reduplication of (hur)rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.

Meanings

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

rah-rah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Reduplication of (hur)rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of rah-rah skirt.

Forms

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rah-rahs Number=Plur lexicographic

rah-rah en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Reduplication of (hur)rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To 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:
    • […] 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:

Forms

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rah-rahing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rah-rahed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rah-rahed Tense=Past lexicographic
rah-rahs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic