Learn English – Word to describe “to talk excitedly about something”

word-request

Is there a word for "to talk excitedly about something"? I'm sure there's a word for that. But Thesaurus.com didn't give me the answer.

Example sentence:

Mary took John to the place where they sold the banana splits she'd
been ______ for the past few days.

Best Answer

How about rave? From M-W,

Definition of rave
raved; raving
intransitive verb
1 c : to talk with extreme enthusiasm • raved about its beauty

Using the given example,

Mary took John to the place where they sold the banana splits she'd been raving about for the past few days.

Though I believe rave suggests that she's already tried it and now she wants to show John that it's great.

A somewhat informal alternative is hype. From Dictionary.com,

hype
verb (used with object), hyped, hyping.
2. to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily:

Using the example,

Mary took John to the place where they sold the banana splits she'd been hyping for the past few days.