Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ravey

/ˈɹeɪvi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: ravey
IPA: /ˈɹeɪvi/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characteristic of rave music or culture.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Smokey Joe's Bad Boy EP (1993) followed suit with an explicitly funky, rather than ravey, feel […]"
"[…] he couldn't see the end of the human sea: before him were twenty-five thousand people in fluo, stripey ravey gear."

Etymology

From rave + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rave

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more ravey (comparative) most ravey (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce ravey?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹeɪvi/.
What does ravey mean?: Characteristic of rave music or culture.
Where does ravey come from?: From rave + -y.

How to pronounce ravey

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