Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "rah-rah skirt" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF RAH-RAH SKIRT

rah-rah skirt  [ˈrɑːˌrɑː skɜːt] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAH-RAH SKIRT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rah-Rah skirt is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAH-RAH SKIRT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rah-rah skirt

Rah-rah skirt

The rah-rah skirt is a short flounced layered skirt that originated in cheerleading and became a popular fashion trend among teenage girls in the early 1980s. As such it marked, as the Oxford Dictionary noted, the first successful attempt to revive the miniskirt that had been introduced in the mid-1960s. Later in the 1980s it was often worn with leather, denim or lace. In the 1990s the mini came back into fashion in its own right, largely discarding the frills of the rah-rah. However, the latter did return again in Britain in 2008: "Eighties look is all the ra-rave". Examples of the rah-rah were to be seen on the covers of gramophone records or compact discs such as 99 Red Balloons by Nena and Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RAH-RAH SKIRT


alert
əˈlɜːt
concert
ˈkɒnsɜːt
convert
kənˈvɜːt
curt
kɜːt
dessert
dɪˈzɜːt
dirt
dɜːt
expert
ˈɛkspɜːt
foreskirt
ˈfɔːˌskɜːt
hoop-skirt
ˈhuːpˌskɜːt
hurt
hɜːt
insert
ɪnˈsɜːt
microskirt
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌskɜːt
midiskirt
ˈmɪdɪˌskɜːt
miniskirt
ˈmɪnɪˌskɜːt
overskirt
ˈəʊvəˌskɜːt
shirt
ʃɜːt
skirt
skɜːt
underskirt
ˈʌndəˌskɜːt
upskirt
ˈʌpˌskɜːt
vert
vɜːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAH-RAH SKIRT

ragtop
raguly
Ragusa
ragweed
ragwheel
ragwork
ragworm
ragwort
rah
rah-rah
rahui
rai
raia
raid
raider
raiding
raiding party
raik
rail
rail gauge

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAH-RAH SKIRT

ballet skirt
bit of skirt
dirndl skirt
divided skirt
grass skirt
hobble skirt
hula skirt
pencil skirt
ra-ra skirt
slit skirt
split skirt

Synonyms and antonyms of rah-rah skirt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rah-rah skirt» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF RAH-RAH SKIRT

Find out the translation of rah-rah skirt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rah-rah skirt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rah-rah skirt» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

RAH- RAH裙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rah -rah falda
570 millions of speakers

English

rah-rah skirt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राह-राह स्कर्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حماس واندفاع تنورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ура-ура юбка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rah -rah saia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাহ-রাহা স্কার্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rah -rah jupe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rah-rah skirt
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rah -rah Rock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

RAH - RAHスカート
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

라 - 라 스커트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rah-rah rok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rah -rah váy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Rah-rah பாவாடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शाह-स्कर्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rah rah etek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gonna rah- rah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rah - rah spódnica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ура - ура спідниця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rah - rah fusta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rah - rah φούστα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lawaaierig romp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rah - rah kjol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rah - rah skjørt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rah-rah skirt

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAH-RAH SKIRT»

The term «rah-rah skirt» is normally little used and occupies the 132.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
38
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «rah-rah skirt» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of rah-rah skirt
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «rah-rah skirt».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rah-rah skirt

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAH-RAH SKIRT»

Discover the use of rah-rah skirt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rah-rah skirt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rah-Rah Skirt
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
2
Beat The City
Shaking his head, he clutched the hemline of her rah-rah skirt, held his movement and his breath. Lifted the skirt and pushed a leg wide and then let go of the skirt. There were no marks of forced entry. “Why should it matter,” he muttered, even ...
Jon L Cadel
3
The Dictionary of Fashion History
Rah-rah skirt, Ra-ra skirt (F) Period: 1960s onwards. A short frilly, layered skirt worn by cheerleaders. Popular among young women as a new variant of a mini skirt in the 1980s and subsequently. Rail, Rayle (F) Period: Late 15th to late 17th  ...
Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington, 2010
4
The Third Person
Her pink rah-rah skirt is smeared with streaks of dirt. My sister bursts out of the corridor behind her and rushes into the shop with equal vigour, followed by the cat. 'Look at the state of you both!' Mrs Nelson screams. She turns to Mr Phillips and ...
5
FeatherFall
I've had a shower so feel nice and clean, I raid my unfortunately small wardrobe until I find my favourite white rah-rah skirt (vintage from London). I pick out a white blouse Aimee forced me to buy, with a pale blue flower climbing up the left side ...
Lauren Cruddas, 2013
6
Tmh General Knowledge Manual
Kamali also created the popular 'rah-rah skirt'. Also notable is the extreme popularity of the Adidas sports label, which achieved an incredible level of street creed in the '80s, even inciting the hip hop group Run DMC to release the single ' My ...
Tmh, 2007
7
Getting Rid of Matthew
Rachel told a story involving break dancing and a rah-rah skirt, he didn't say, “I had a mortgage and a child to support by then, so I missed out on all that eighties stuff.” (Sophie was, in fact, Matthew's second wife and he already had a son ...
Jane Fallon, 2007
8
My Life on a Plate
... confess to a certain sneaking longing for spontaneous weekends away, say, or a quick two days' shopping in Paris with a girlfriend on the spur of the moment . . . pastimes which are as dead to me as the rah-rah skirt or the stripy legwarmer.
India Knight, 2001
9
The Serengeti Plane: Book One: Take Off
Upon her skin she wore a vibrant pink and white polka dot bikini with a rah-rah skirt. Clearly no-one had told her about the weather in the UK. She sat alone, for reasons unbeknown to the plane's company: was she marking her territory; were  ...
Thomas Dowling, 2011
10
Brand Mascots: And Other Marketing Animals
8 You'd think that, as a fully paid up pensioner who's done more than his bit for Kellogg's, Tony would be allowed a little bit of cross-dressing latitude. If the cartoon carnivore wants to spend his golden years cavorting in a rah-rah skirt, that's his ...
Stephen Brown, Sharon Ponsonby-McCabe, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAH-RAH SKIRT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rah-rah skirt is used in the context of the following news items.
1
You Need To Rewatch Paris Hilton And Nicole Richie In The Simple …
... tops to the polyester rah-rah skirts and Von Dutch trucker caps (VOMSVOMSVOMSALLOVERHERSELF) it's everything I tried to wear in 2003 and then some. «The Debrief, May 15»
2
Megan Fox looks unrecognisable in blonde wig, knee-high socks …
Showing off her toned figure in a little grey rah-rah skirt, a white tied up shirt and knee-high socks, Megan worked her ensemble as she filmed scenes for ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
3
'One woman came home to find her boyfriend in a rah-rah skirt...'
Her role in the musical Tell Me On A Sunday had her playing a single girl having a series of relationship disasters. "It was a mirror image of my life at the time," ... «Plymouth Herald, Apr 15»
4
Waka, waka, waka … Google Maps brings Pac-Man back to play on …
Champs-Elysées, Paris. The street where you live. All stripped back to a basic black maze that screams 1980s more loudly than any rah-rah skirt. You'd probably ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
5
Wirral blogger takes part in viral fashion sensation as part of her …
... asked to take part in the event, modelling a number of dresses designed just for her by designer Gifi Fields – the man famous for inventing the rah-rah skirt. «Wirral Globe, Feb 15»
6
Playlist: Penny Shaw
I had a mint green rah-rah skirt, white slip-on shoes (they were only moccasins but they were all my Mum would let me get away with) and my friend Sarah and I ... «Daily Review, Jan 15»
7
Natalie Dormer looks back on '80s style
"It was the '80s, so there were bright-collared stilettos in there, rah-rah skirts, a lot of shoulder- padded jackets," she told New York Post's Alexa magazine about ... «TV3.ie, Nov 14»
8
Fondation Louis Vuitton: a crowd-pleasing folly
Ultimately though, it is the pointless vulgarity of the glass wrapping – this architectural rah-rah skirt – that offends. When the land and building revert to the City of ... «The Australian Financial Review, Oct 14»
9
Northern Soul: 'We gravitated towards each other when we clocked …
Yvonne: In the early days (1974), it could be an A-line skirt, a printed, fitted ... I couldn't bear the pastel clothes that all the girls wore, rah-rah skirts and the like. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
10
Ariana Grande performs wearing an all foil outfit - and still looks hot
The brunette beauty styled a strappy silver crop top with a matching rah-rah skirt as she sang in front of fans in the Big Apple. Splash Ariana Grande. She was ... «Irish Mirror, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Rah-Rah skirt [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rah-rah-skirt>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z