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rah

/ɹɑː/interjection, noun, adjective

rah is an interjection meaning “An exclamation of support or encouragement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-H and has one syllable, and it appears 1.1 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does rah mean?

interjection

  1. 1

    An exclamation of support or encouragement.

  2. 2

    An exclamation of patriotic or passionate excitement.

  3. 3

    An expression of surprise.

    He’s like, “Shut up, man. Whatever man. Skip, man, was a shot.” And I’m like, “Rah, this is a bit of a weird reaction?”

  4. 4

    An expression of admiration.

    Target bought the tape round, I listened to it and I was like, ‘Rah, this is sick, this kid is so sick’.

  5. 5

    An expression of frustration or anger.

    I was daydreaming, smoking weed out the curtain / Looking at my baby like rah, I'm just a burden

noun

  1. 1

    UKderogatoryinformalA young adult (often a student) who behaves in a stereotypically upper class manner; especially when associated with undeserved privilege or a lack of self-awareness.

adjective

  1. 1

    UKderogatoryinformalPosh.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce rah?

  • /ɹɑː/

Rah has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rah.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of rah

  • ra
  • rahh
  • raa
  • raah
  • rahs plural
  • more rah comparative
  • most rah superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is rah?

Rah appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 26,776th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with rah

Also written: ra.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does rah come from?

Clipping of hurrah.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).