'Rant' definitions:
Definition of 'rant'
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Definition of 'Rant'
From: GCIDE
- Rant \Rant\ (r[a^]nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ranting.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.] To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher. [1913 Webster]
- Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rant'
From: GCIDE
- Rant \Rant\, n. High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. [1913 Webster]
- This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'rant'
From: GCIDE
- Runt \Runt\, n. [Written also rant.] [Scot. runt an old cow, an old, withered woman, a hardened stem or stalk, the trunk of a tree; cf. D. rund a bullock, an ox or cow, G. rind. Cf. Rother, a.]
- 1. (Zool.) Any animal which is unusually small, as compared with others of its kind; -- applied particularly to domestic animals. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A variety of domestic pigeon, related to the barb and carrier. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A dwarf; also, a mean, despicable, boorish person; -- used opprobriously. [1913 Webster]
- Before I buy a bargain of such runts, I'll buy a college for bears, and live among 'em. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurdity,
- act,
- amphigory,
- assault,
- attack,
- babble,
- babblement,
- balderdash,
- barbarize,
- batter,
- bawl out,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- be insane,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bellow,
- berate,
- bibble-babble,
- blabber,
- blather,
- blow a gasket,
- blow up,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- blustering,
- boastfulness,
- boil,
- bombast,
- bombastry,
- bounce,
- brag,
- bravado,
- browned off,
- brutalize,
- bully,
- bullying,
- burn,
- bustle,
- butcher,
- carry on,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- chafe,
- claptrap,
- come apart,
- debate,
- declaim,
- demagogue,
- destroy,
- dote,
- double-talk,
- drivel,
- drool,
- elocute,
- excite easily,
- expatiate,
- explode,
- expound,
- fanfaronade,
- fiddle-faddle,
- fiddledeedee,
- fire up,
- flame up,
- flare up,
- flash up,
- flatulence,
- flip,
- flummery,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- folderol,
- fret,
- fudge,
- fume,
- fuss,
- fustian,
- gabble,
- galimatias,
- gammon,
- gasconade,
- get excited,
- gibber,
- gibberish,
- gibble-gabble,
- go into hysterics,
- go on,
- gobbledygook,
- grimace,
- ham,
- ham it up,
- hammer,
- harangue,
- have a conniption,
- have a demon,
- have a tantrum,
- hector,
- hectoring,
- highfalutin,
- histrionics,
- hit the ceiling,
- hocus-pocus,
- hold forth,
- hot air,
- huff,
- humbug,
- intimidate,
- intimidation,
- jabber,
- jargon,
- jaw,
- lash,
- lay waste,
- lecture,
- lexiphanicism,
- loot,
- maul,
- mouth,
- mug,
- mumbo jumbo,
- narrishkeit,
- niaiserie,
- nonsense,
- orate,
- out-herod Herod,
- overact,
- overdramatize,
- pack of nonsense,
- palaver,
- perorate,
- philippic,
- pillage,
- pissed off,
- pomposity,
- pontificate,
- prate,
- prattle,
- preach,
- rabble-rouse,
- rag,
- rage,
- rail,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- ramble,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant and rave,
- rape,
- rate,
- rave,
- read,
- ream out,
- recite,
- rhapsody,
- rhetoric,
- rigamarole,
- rigmarole,
- riot,
- roar,
- rodomontade,
- roister,
- rollick,
- rubbish,
- ruin,
- run a temperature,
- run amok,
- run mad,
- sack,
- savage,
- seethe,
- side,
- simmer,
- sizzle,
- skimble-skamble,
- slang,
- slaughter,
- slaver,
- slobber,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- soapbox,
- sow chaos,
- speak,
- spiel,
- splutter,
- spout,
- sputter,
- stew,
- storm,
- stuff and nonsense,
- stultiloquence,
- swagger,
- swashbuckle,
- swashbucklery,
- take fire,
- take on,
- tear,
- tear around,
- terrorize,
- theatrics,
- throw a fit,
- throw away,
- tirade,
- trash,
- trumpery,
- trumpet,
- tub-thump,
- turgidity,
- turn a hair,
- twaddle,
- twattle,
- twiddle-twaddle,
- underact,
- vandalize,
- vapor,
- vaporing,
- violate,
- vituperate,
- vociferate,
- waffling,
- wander,
- wreck