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rant (rant)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

to talk or say in a loud, wild, extravagant way; declaim violently; rave

Etymology: < obs. Du ranten, to rave, akin to Ger ranzen, to be noisy, anranzen, to affront

noun

  1. ranting speech
  2. Scot., North Eng. a boisterous merrymaking

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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