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rant

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verb

ranted; ranting; rants

intransitive verb

1
: to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
2
: to scold vehemently

transitive verb

: to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion
ranter noun
rantingly adverb

rant

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: a bombastic extravagant speech
b
: bombastic extravagant language
2
dialectal British : a rousing good time

Example Sentences

Verb “You can rant and rave all you want,” she said, “but it's not going to change things.” He ranted that they were out to get him. Noun after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room instead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Valve has removed Roman gladiator sim Domina from Steam after the developer used a recent patch notes post as an opportunity to rant against transgender people and the idea of changing your public gender identity. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 Sometimes her brother would rant about bizarre conspiracy theories involving Eric Holder, attorney general during the Obama administration — the impenetrable fantasy world that brought Dowdell to the District in the first place. Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2019 Putting aside the irony of using Twitter to rant against an alleged social-media monopoly, Warren’s reaction highlighted a recurring theme of Big Tech antitrust debates. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Sep. 2021 Some days later, a protester with rifle armor and an ex-military background would rant at me at great length about Field Manual 3-24. Sarah Jeong, The New Republic, 3 Sep. 2020 But even in the best of times, these platforms can be a hell-pit, where relatives rant about the latest political activity and anonymous trolls and bots turn every headline into a hill to die on. Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020 But the commentary can veer cringe-worthy, as in a scene in which Hibbs’ character rants maniacally in Union Square while brandishing a bottle of whisky, kicking over patio furniture and yelling at extras playing pedestrians. Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 1 Mar. 2020 In a series of text messages released by the House Intelligence Committee, Connecticut congressional candidate Robert F. Hyde ranted about then-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and appeared to be monitoring her movements in the capital Kiev. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 16 Jan. 2020 Distraught with the de-coupling of the show's early faves (and Mike's wandering eye), fans of the series took to Twitter to rant about the 24-year-old's perceived disloyalty to Leanne. Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2020
Noun
The video, which has racked up thousands of views on social media, shows a woman, identified by police as Upton, yelling expletives, going on a racist rant, punching someone and threatening to shoot one of the victims. Simrin Singh, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2022 But who the hell knows, really, as President Trump said during an anti-Elon rant at a rally in Alaska over the weekend. Andy Meek, BGR, 11 July 2022 This match, with overly dramatic back scratches from The Young Bucks and Chase Owens, is designed to get Jim Cornette to go on a 40-minute rant about how pro wrestling is dead. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 27 June 2022 Each of the three books could be described as a Bernhardian rant, or in some cases a diatribe, centered on the creation and purpose of art. Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 Musk's rant about ESG aligns with a growing conservative movement to denounce sustainable investment as a left-wing plot. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 23 May 2022 Wescott, the first endowed professor and director of American Indian health at University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Public Health, said Baucher’s response led her to publish a public rant on Twitter for the first time. Allison Deangelis, STAT, 29 Apr. 2022 What followed was a rambling rant that began with a confession of his own homosexual acts and escalated into a condemnation of the gay community for not being supportive enough of the Black struggle. Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022 Saban’s rant was another attempt to sway public opinion against the almost unregulated ability of college football players to earn money like a professional athlete with their name, image and likeness. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 20 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

obsolete Dutch ranten, randen

First Known Use

Verb

1601, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

1649, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of rant was in 1601

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