rant
verb/rænt/
/rænt/
[intransitive, transitive] (disapproving)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they rant | /rænt/ /rænt/ |
| he / she / it rants | /rænts/ /rænts/ |
| past simple ranted | /ˈræntɪd/ /ˈræntɪd/ |
| past participle ranted | /ˈræntɪd/ /ˈræntɪd/ |
| -ing form ranting | /ˈræntɪŋ/ /ˈræntɪŋ/ |
- to speak or complain about something in a loud and/or angry way
- rant (on) (about something) She was ranting on about the unfairness of it all.
- rant at somebody Stop ranting at me!
- + speech ‘It's not fair! They never give us a chance!’ he ranted.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘behave boisterously’): from Dutch ranten ‘talk nonsense, rave’.
Idioms
See rant in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryrant and rave
- (disapproving) to show that you are angry by shouting or complaining loudly for a long timeMore Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms
- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spick and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
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