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[ rah-rah ] / ˈrɑˈrɑ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rah-rah ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective Informal.marked by or expressive of ardently enthusiastic spirit: a group of rah-rah undergraduates; a rah-rah attitude. Origin of rah-rah1910–15, Americanism; reduplication of rah Words nearby rah-rahragwort, rah, Rahab, Rahimyar Khan, Rahman, rah-rah, rahui, Rahv, Rahway, rai, raia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rah-rahThe seemingly heroic stance of ACOG and the rah-rah for consumers need to be set into proper context. How Over-the-Counter Birth Control Could Screw You|Kent Sepkowitz|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST After a tense, at times laughable chase, comes the kind of rah-rah moment that amps up the audience for the rest of the film. Best James Bond Opening Sequences: ‘Goldeneye’ & More (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|October 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST As I wrote this morning, it's true right now that right-wing pundits are trying to rah-rah his statements. When a Candidate Loses Control|Michael Tomasky|September 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST That was his reputation back in school—a rah-rah guy, a cheerleader, and he was good at it. I Survived the Bush Presidency|The Daily Beast|January 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
And where Phelps leads with his baton of birch most of the other drovers of rah-rah boys follow. A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken From a crowd of rah-rah college boys celebrating a crew victory, a policeman had managed to extract two prisoners. Toaster's Handbook|Peggy Edmund and Harold W. Williams, compilers And if you catch her chewing gum, or flirting with a rah-rah chum, then take a strap and make things hum, Wilhelmina! Uncle Walt [Walt Mason]|Walt Mason
British Dictionary definitions for rah-rah
adjectiveinformal, mainly US like or marked by boisterous and uncritical enthusiasm and excitement Word Origin for rah-rahC20: a reduplication of rah Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rah-rahcheer, yell, encouragement, whoopee, yay, hurray, huzza, yippee |