rant
pronunciation
How to pronounce rant in British English:
UK [rænt]
How to pronounce rant in American English:
US [rænt]
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- Noun:
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
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- Verb:
- talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
Word Origin
- rant (v.)
- c. 1600, "to be jovial and boisterous," also "to talk bombastically," from Dutch randten (earlier ranten) "talk foolishly, rave," of unknown origin (compare German rantzen "to frolic, spring about"). Related: Ranted; ranting. Ranters "antinomian sect which arose in England c. 1645" is attested from 1651; applied 1823 to early Methodists. A 1700 slang dictionary has rantipole "a rude wild Boy or Girl" (also as a verb and adjective); to ride rantipole meant "The woman uppermost in the amorous congress" [Grose].
- rant (n.)
- "boisterous, empty declamation; fierce or high-sounding language without much meaning or dignity of thought; bombast; a ranting speech," 1640s, from rant (v.).
Example
- 1. Give yourself a rant window .
- 2. The jury heard that she would rant against undocumented immigrants , and brag that she would change america .
- 3. He stopped the car and half stood up out of it to rant across its roof at jane : stupid girl !
- 4. The extremists can rant and riot ; but he must now stand for the rule of law that should underpin the democratic politics that has lifted him into office .
- 5. Right-wing talk-radio and cable tv hosts rant about the " broken border " with mexico ; house republicans talk of making felons out of the undocumented and those who help them .