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–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)
2.to utter or declaim in a ranting manner.
–noun
3.ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
4.a ranting utterance.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < D ranten (obs.) to talk foolishly]

—Related forms
ranter, noun
rant·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 3. bombast, extravagance.
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v.   rant·ed, rant·ing, rants

v.   intr.
To speak or write in an angry or violent manner; rave.

v.   tr.
To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.

n.  
  1. Violent or extravagant speech or writing.
  2. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: "The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy" (Daniel Okrent).
  3. Chiefly British Wild or uproarious merriment.


[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]

rant'er n.
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ranter

noun
someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner 

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Ranter

Rant"er\, n. 1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt.

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