rant
▪ I. rant [rant rants ranted ranting] BrE [rænt] NAmE [rænt] verb intransitive, transitive ~ (on) (about sth) | ~ at sb | + speech (disapproving) to speak or complain about sth in a loud and/or angry way Idiom: ↑rant and rave Verb forms: Word Origin: late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘behave boisterously’): from Dutch ranten ‘talk nonsense, rave’. ▪ II. rant noun Main entry: ↑rantderived
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