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rant |rant|
verb [ intrans. ]
speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way : she was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all.
noun
a spell of ranting; a tirade : his rants against organized religion.
PHRASES
rant and rave shout and complain angrily and at length.
DERIVATIVES
ranter |_røn(t)_r| |_rant_| noun
rantingly |_røn(t)__li| adverb
ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense [behave in a boisterous way] ): from Dutch ranten ‘talk nonsense, rave.’
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