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rant

(rănt)

v. rant·ed, rant·ing, rants

v.intr.

1. To speak or write in an angry or emotionally charged manner; rave.

2. To express at length a complaint or negative opinion: "He could rant on the subject of physician-assisted illness" (Paul Theroux).

v.tr.

To utter or express by ranting: "Adams's fellow Federalists ranted that he was mentally unfit to be president" (Susan Dunn).

1. Angry, emotionally charged, or tediously negative speech or writing: a speech that was more rant than reason.

2. An example of such speech or writing: a rant against the university's policies.

3. Chiefly British Wild or uproarious merriment.

[Probably from obsolete Dutch ranten.]

rant′er n.

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rant

(rænt)

1. to utter (something) in loud, violent, or bombastic tones

2. (intr) chiefly Scot to make merry; frolic

3. loud, declamatory, or extravagant speech; bombast

4. chiefly Scot a wild revel

5. Scot an energetic dance or its tune

[C16: from Dutch ranten to rave; related to German ranzen to gambol]

ˈranter n

ˈranting adj, n

ˈrantingly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

rant

(rænt)

v.i.

1. to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk wildly; rave.

v.t.

2. to utter or declaim in a ranting manner.

3. extravagant or vehement declamation.

4. a ranting speech or other utterance.

[1590–1600; < Dutch ranten (obsolete) to talk foolishly]

rant′er, n.

rant′ing•ly, adv.

Rant

fanatics collectively.

rant

Past participle: ranted
Gerund: ranting

Imperative
rant
rant

Present
I rant
you rant
he/she/it rants
we rant
you rant
they rant

Preterite
I ranted
you ranted
he/she/it ranted
we ranted
you ranted
they ranted

Present Continuous
I am ranting
you are ranting
he/she/it is ranting
we are ranting
you are ranting
they are ranting

Present Perfect
I have ranted
you have ranted
he/she/it has ranted
we have ranted
you have ranted
they have ranted

Past Continuous
I was ranting
you were ranting
he/she/it was ranting
we were ranting
you were ranting
they were ranting

Past Perfect
I had ranted
you had ranted
he/she/it had ranted
we had ranted
you had ranted
they had ranted

Future
I will rant
you will rant
he/she/it will rant
we will rant
you will rant
they will rant

Future Perfect
I will have ranted
you will have ranted
he/she/it will have ranted
we will have ranted
you will have ranted
they will have ranted

Future Continuous
I will be ranting
you will be ranting
he/she/it will be ranting
we will be ranting
you will be ranting
they will be ranting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ranting
you have been ranting
he/she/it has been ranting
we have been ranting
you have been ranting
they have been ranting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ranting
you will have been ranting
he/she/it will have been ranting
we will have been ranting
you will have been ranting
they will have been ranting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ranting
you had been ranting
he/she/it had been ranting
we had been ranting
you had been ranting
they had been ranting

Conditional
I would rant
you would rant
he/she/it would rant
we would rant
you would rant
they would rant

Past Conditional
I would have ranted
you would have ranted
he/she/it would have ranted
we would have ranted
you would have ranted
they would have ranted

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Noun	1.	rant - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion harangue, ranting declamation - vehement oratory screed - a long monotonous harangue
	2.	rant - pompous or pretentious talk or writing blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
Verb	1.	rant - talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rave, spout mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

rant

verb

1. shout, roar, yell, rave, bellow, cry, spout (informal), bluster, declaim, vociferate I don't rant and rave or throw tea cups.

noun

1. tirade, rhetoric, bluster, diatribe, harangue, bombast, philippic, vociferation, fanfaronade (rare) As the boss began his rant, I stood up and went out.

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rant

verb

To speak in a loud, pompous, or prolonged manner:

declaim, harangue, mouth, perorate, rave.

noun

Pretentious, pompous speech or writing:

bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, turgidity.

Translations

يَتَكَلَّم بِغَضَب وضَجَّه

vztekle křičet

schimpfen schwadronieren

παραλήρημα

fulminer

beszél: nagy hangon beszél

ausa úr skálum reiîi sinnar

declamare

burnoti

klaigāt

zúrivo kričať

atıp tutmak

咆哮

rant

[rænt]

A. VI (= declaim) → vociferar
to rant at sb (= be angry) → despotricar contra algn
to rant on about sb (angrily) → echar pestes de algn
he ranted and raved for hours → despotricó durante varias horas

B. N → diatriba f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rant

[ˈrænt]

vi (= speak angrily) → fulminer
to rant at sb → fulminer contre qn
to rant about sth, to rant against sth → fulminer contre qch
to rant and rave → tempêter

n → diatribe f
a rant against sth → une diatribe contre qch

rant on

vi → fulminer

rant

vi (emotionally, angrily) → eine Schimpfkanonade loslassen (inf); (= talk nonsense) → irres Zeug reden (inf); to rant (and rave) (= be angry) → herumschimpfen; to rant (and rave) at somebody → mit jdm schimpfen; what’s he ranting (on) about? → worüber lässt er sich denn da aus? (inf)

n → Schimpfkanonade f (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rant

[rænt] vi (pej) to rant (at sb) → inveire (contro qn)

rant

(rӕnt) verb

to talk angrily. He's still ranting (and raving) about the damage to his car.

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If it had been a boy he'd have ranted because it wasn't a girl.

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He longed to hint to her that not here lay her vocation; that a woman's power and charm reside in mystery, not in muscular rant. But possibly rant is a sign of vitality: it mars the beautiful creature, but shows that she is alive.

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We all talked and sang and ranted and bragged, and ever French Frank and Nelson sent more drinks around.

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I shall offer to pay him to-morrow; he will rant and storm about his love for you, and there will be an end of the matter."

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I feel as if I could be anything or everything; as if I could rant and storm, or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the English language.

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``And what now avails rant or flattery?'' answered Rebecca.

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“I demand entrance into this house,” said Hiram, summoning all the dignity he could muster to his assistance, “in the name of the people; and by virtue of this war rant, and of my office, and with this peace officer.”

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'Brother,' says she, 'you may come if you please.' So in he came, just in the same kind of rant. 'Well,' says he at the door as he came in, 'where is this sick body that's in love?

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