rave-up

[ reyv-uhp ]

noun

, British Informal.

1. a party, especially a wild one.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rave-up¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

A droll “You Don’t Know How It Feels” near the top of the set, “You Wreck Me” as a rave-up near the end — both longtime setlist staples.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The latter release yielded the relatively up-tempo “Forgotten Eyes” and the churning and insistent “Not,” one of the show’s highlights, which ended with a twin-guitar rave-up.

From Washington Post

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

As a finale, go to the bouncy arrangement of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” which shifts the tone from folk-rock tribute to country-gospel rave-up.

From Los Angeles Times