EGAVE

rant

About 0.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
  2. verb To disseminate one's own opinions in a—typically—one-sided, strong manner.
    Harry was ranting about his boss again, but nobody paid any attention.
  3. verb To criticize by ranting.
  4. verb To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
  5. verb To dance rant steps.
  6. noun A criticism done by ranting.
  7. noun A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
  8. noun A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.

Similar words

harangue mouth off jabber blah claptrap rabbit on rave bombast fustian spout

Often followed by

and of about against in on at or to

Word family

on a rant rant and rave ranted ranted and raved ranter ranters ranting ranting and raving rantingly rants

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