different between ravey vs wavey

English

Etymology

rave +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?vi/

Adjective

ravey (comparative more ravey, superlative most ravey)

1. (informal) Characteristic of rave music or culture.
   • 1999, Peter Shapiro, Drum 'n' Bass: The Rough Guide

     Smokey Joe's Bad Boy EP (1993) followed suit with an explicitly funky, rather than ravey, feel […]

   • 1999, Mireille Silcott, Rave America: New School Dancescapes (page 43)

     […] he couldn't see the end of the human sea: before him were twenty-five thousand people in fluo, stripey ravey gear.

Anagrams

• Avery

English

Alternative forms

• wavy

Etymology

According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?vi

Noun

wavey (plural waveys)

1. (US, Canada, dialects) The snow goose (Chen caerulescens)

Synonyms

• (snow goose): white wavy, blue goose, blue wavy

References

• wavey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• weavy