Rah-rah
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Rah-rah is an adjective meaning Marked by noisy enthusiasm.
Meaning
Marked by noisy enthusiasm.
More Meanings
- An expression of enthusiasm, expressed by high school and college cheerleaders at sporting events.
- (clothing) Ellipsis of rah-rah skirt.
- (ambitransitive) To express noisy enthusiasm (about).
Example Sentences
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.
[…] 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 […]
“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.”
Word Forms
- rah-rahs
- rah-rahing
- rah-rahed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raving, rip-roaring, razzed, whoop-de-doo, hell-roaring, crazy.
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