rave-up — OET

rave-up

noun

British, informal

festive rave-ups:

party, social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social;

dance, ball, ceilidh, frolic, carousal, carouse;

North American fete, hoedown, shower, bake, cookout, levee;

Australian, New Zealand corroboree;

West Indian bashment;

Hawaiian luau;

Spanish tertulia;

Judaism simcha;

informal bash, shindig, shindy, rave, blowout, beer-up, disco, do, shebang, bop, hop, whoopee, after-party;

British, informal thrash, knees-up, beanfeast, beano, bunfight, jolly, lig;

Irish, informal hooley, crack;

North American, informal blast, wingding, kegger;

Australian, New Zealand, informal shivoo, rage, ding, jollo, rort;

South African, informal jol;

dated squash, squeeze, ding-dong.

rave-up Oxford Dictionary of English