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[ 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: ,

  2. a ranting utterance.

rant

/ æԳ /

verb

  1. to utter (something) in loud, violent, or bombastic tones
  2. intr to make merry; frolic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. loud, declamatory, or extravagant speech; bombast
  2. a wild revel
  3. an energetic dance or its tune
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٱ, noun
  • ˈԳپԲ, adjectivenoun
  • ˈԳپԲly, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • Գİ noun
  • ԳiԲ· adverb
  • dzܳrԳ verb (used with object)
  • ܲ·ԳiԲ 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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In 2023, Fox was sacked from his role as a TV presenter on GB News after an on-air rant about a female journalist.

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He shook his head, ranted at his coaches on the bench, then launched a tirade towards the nearby fourth official.

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ABC Supermarket in the heart of Little Saigon is like a Donald Trump tariff rant come to fragrant, tasty life.

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Gems include a rant on critics, the assertion that the paragraph, not the sentence, is the basic unit of writing and how writing helped alleviate his stultified misery after a near-death car accident.

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At Henry’s school, a teacher swats down the boy’s interest in science in favor of ranting about his dismal salary.

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