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rant

  [rant]
Use ranting in a Sentence
–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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rant   (rānt)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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