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Grammar : Verb
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Définition of rah

Origin :
  • in cheers, 1870, a shortening of hurrah. Adjective rah-rah is attested from 1907, originally indicating college life generally, later enthusiastic cheerleading.
  • verb cheer
Example sentences :
  • Even the sulky Crow joined in at last with a "'Rah, 'rah, 'rah!"
  • Extract from : « Bannertail » by Ernest Thompson Seton
  • As he took his seat, while his chums cheered and shouted Rah, Rah, Elmwood!
  • Extract from : « Tom Fairfield's Schooldays » by Allen Chapman
  • Seems to me what you want in those kind of songs is a lot of rah, rah, hullabaloo!
  • Extract from : « Weatherby's Inning » by Ralph Henry Barbour
  • Others are rah (Phaseolus radiatus) and mothi (Phaseolus aconitifolius).
  • Extract from : « Kashmir » by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
  • Eugene had previously noted the peculiarity of this rowdy, rah!
  • Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser
  • The team was surrounded by a dense throng, and the 'rah, 'rah, 'rah was fairly deafening.
  • Extract from : « Brenda, Her School and Her Club » by Helen Leah Reed
  • He did neither, but gave another loud “Rah for Mary Greenwater!”
  • Extract from : « Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew » by Robert McReynolds
  • Fluff woke up, and dashed to the rescue, with his fierce little "Rah!"
  • Extract from : « The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book » by Constance Cary Harrison
  • The eighteenth letter of the alphabet, used principally to began a college yell; thus, Rah!
  • Extract from : « The Silly Syclopedia » by Noah Lott
  • “Rah fer Mary Greenwater,” chattered old Amos, holding his reeling form up by the bar rail.
  • Extract from : « Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew » by Robert McReynolds

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