RANTS

Noun

rants

plural of rant

Verb

rants

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rant

Anagrams

• ranst, snart, starn, tRNAs, tarns, trans, trans*, trans-, trans., trnas

Source: Wiktionary


RANT

Rant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ranting.] Etym: [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.]

Definition: 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. Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! Shak.

Rant, n.

Definition: High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things. Atterbury.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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