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rant

[ rant ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave:

    The demagogue ranted for hours.



verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or declaim in a ranting manner.

noun

  1. ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.

    Synonyms: extravagance, bombast

  2. a ranting utterance.

rant

/ rænt /

verb

  1. to utter (something) in loud, violent, or bombastic tones
  2. intr to make merry; frolic


noun

  1. loud, declamatory, or extravagant speech; bombast
  2. a wild revel
  3. an energetic dance or its tune

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Derived Forms

  • ˈranter, noun
  • ˈranting, adjectivenoun
  • ˈrantingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • ranter noun
  • ranting·ly adverb
  • outrant verb (used with object)
  • un·ranting adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rant1

First recorded in 1590–1600, rant is from the Dutch word ranten (obsolete) to talk foolishly

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rant1

C16: from Dutch ranten to rave; related to German ranzen to gambol

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Example Sentences

At Outside, I manage email sent to millions of subscribers each week, and with that comes continuous feedback, opinions, and rants about our stories, sponsors, and brand in general.

His rants sometimes have a grain of truth to them—more often than his critics would like to admit.

From Time

While he took specific aim at wine critics, his rant seemed to include winemakers and consumers as well.

During an extended rant on his daily radio show—which is notably broadcast by Westwood One, not Fox News—Levin referenced a piece by conservative writer Thomas Lifson that criticized Smith for outing Carlson as a source.

Good morning, Marketers, I’ve got to go off on a bit of a rant on this zero click business.

As anybody who has seen his now famous rant on Parks and Recreation knows, Patton Oswalt can get a little obsessed.

Nearly two weeks after the killing, Jackson went on a week-long rant.

An Uber driver went on an anti-gay, ant-American rant before physically assaulting his passenger.

A network insider insisted: “No expletives were uttered by Mr Mason in the recording of his rant.”

Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.

Instances of this defect are but too thickly sown through the piece; for example the following rant.

For the rest, it is what we have attempted to characterise as poetical rant—imagination grown raving and delirious.

Do the Methodist preachers really rant and shriek as much as people say?

There was no symptom of raving or rant; no vulgarity or bad taste.

We do not find in it the rant of his later dramas, and the subject is taken strictly from Jewish life.

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