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11rant — n *bombast, fustian, rodomontade, rhapsody Analogous words: inflatedness or inflation, turgidity, tumidity, flatu lence (see corresponding adjectives at INFLATED) …
12rant — ► VERB ▪ speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way. ► NOUN ▪ a spell of ranting. DERIVATIVES ranter noun. ORIGIN Dutch ranten talk nonsense, rave …
13rant — ab·er·rant·ly; ame·lio·rant; an·ti·per·spi·rant; ar·rant; auld far·rant; car·bu·rant; com·mo·rant; cor·mo·rant; cur·rant; de·mur·rant; dep·u·rant; er·rant·ry; ex·hil·a·rant; fig·u·rant; ful·gu·rant; ig·no·rant; ig·no·rant·ism; ig·no·rant·ly;… …
14“Rant” — by Diane Di Prima (1985) This marvelous example of late Beat poetry was written in 1985 and included in the 1990 collection Pieces of a Song. By title, form, and spirit diane di prima’s “Rant” evokes allen ginsberg’s “howl.” Di Prima has… …
15rant — I UK [rænt] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms rant : present tense I/you/we/they rant he/she/it rants present participle ranting past tense ranted past participle ranted to complain or talk loudly and angrily for a long time, sometimes saying… …
16rant — {{11}}rant (n.) 1640s, from RANT (Cf. rant) (v.). {{12}}rant (v.) 1590s, from Du. randten talk foolishly, rave, of unknown origin (Cf. Ger. rantzen to frolic, spring about ). Related: Ranted; ranting. Ranters antinomian sect which arose in… …
17rant — [[t]ræ̱nt[/t]] rants, ranting, ranted 1) VERB If you say that someone rants, you mean that they talk loudly or angrily, and exaggerate or say foolish things. As the boss began to rant, I stood up and went out. [V about/at/against n] ...the… …
18rant — v. 1)(D; intr.) to rant at 2) (misc.) to rant and rave * * * [rænt] (D;intr.) to rantat (misc.) to rant and rave …
19rant — rant1 [ rænt ] verb intransitive to complain or talk loudly and angrily for a long time, sometimes saying unreasonable things: Ned paced back and forth, ranting about some imagined injustice. rant and rave to shout and complain angrily about… …
20rant — verb (I) to talk or complain in a loud, excited, and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something: ranting on about the way his boss treats him | rant and rave (=rant continuously): I see the tabloids are all ranting and raving… …
