rah-rah

English

Etymology

Repetition of rah, as used in cheering at sporting competitions.

Adjective

rah-rah (comparative more rah-rah, superlative most rah-rah)

  1. Marked by noisy enthusiasm.

Interjection

rah-rah

  1. An expression of enthusiasm, expressed by high school and college cheerleaders at sporting events.

Noun

rah-rah (plural rah-rahs)

  1. A pleated miniskirt, so named because of the resemblance to skirts typically worn by high school and college cheerleaders, who normally chant "rah-rah" at sporting events.
    Synonym: rah-rah skirt

Verb

rah-rah (third-person singular simple present rah-rahs, present participle rah-rahing, simple past and past participle rah-rahed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To express noisy enthusiasm (about).
    • Abbe Diaz, PX This (page 177)
      […] 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 […]
    • Oswald Eakins, Deep Inside Diana, The Pain and The Secrets
      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.

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