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Definition of Ravings

Raving
Rave Rave, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Raved; p. pr. & vb. n. Raving.] [F. r[^e]ver to rave, to be delirious, to dream; perhaps fr. L. rabere to rave, rage, be mad or furious. Cf. Rage, Reverie.] 1. To wander in mind or intellect; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging, as a madman. In our madness evermore we rave. --Chaucer. Have I not cause to rave and beat my breast? --Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. --Macaulay. 2. To rush wildly or furiously. --Spencer. 3. To talk with unreasonable enthusiasm or excessive passion or excitement; -- followed by about, of, or on; as, he raved about her beauty. The hallowed scene Which others rave on, though they know it not. --Byron.
Raving
Raving Rav"ing, a. Talking irrationally and wildly; as, a raving lunatic. -- Rav"ing*ly, adv.

Meaning of Ravings from wikipedia

- full-time. She wrote in various media. Her first book of poetry, Riddym Ravings, was published in 1988 by the Race Today Collective, with the title poem...
- been mocked in the living rooms of La**** and Karachi as the hypocritical ravings of "Im the Dim" and "Taliban Khan"—the two favored monikers for him." Mishra...
- two steamboat accidents, told us that it appeared to be composed of the ravings and reveries of a madman. We were somewhat startled at the remark, but...
- control in regards to performing—they may have looked at times like the ravings of a madman but his best work had a genuine grace and finesse behind it...
- government operative who drops kernels of truth between what sound like madman ravings". Also interviewed is journalist Cheri Seymour, who reported being shown...
- shocked at his brother's condition and tries to pacify him, but Ivan's ravings become increasingly incoherent. Eventually he falls into a deep sleep....
- Ubaghs of The Quietus wrote that Ride's "paranoid, politically charged ravings might not present any sort of solution to the world's myriad ills, but...
- collections of his selected journalism have been published: Irrational Ravings and Piecework (1996). For the Library of America he edited two volumes...
- trance the Pythia "raved" – probably a form of ecstatic speech – and her ravings were "translated" by the priests of the temple into elegant hexameters...
- of the President, Hyde wrote: What we are telling you today are not the ravings of some vast right-wing conspiracy, but a reaffirmation of a set of values...