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ravey en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹeɪvi/

Etymology

From rave + -y.

Meanings

  1. (informal) Characteristic of rave music or culture.
    • […] 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:
    • 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:

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