Meaning of "rant" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RANT

From Dutch ranten to rave; related to German ranzen to gambol.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RANT

rant  [rænt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RANT

Rant is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rant in English.

WHAT DOES RANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rant

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Definition of rant in the English dictionary

The first definition of rant in the dictionary is to utter in loud, violent, or bombastic tones. Other definition of rant is to make merry; frolic. Rant is also loud, declamatory, or extravagant speech; bombast.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RANT

PRESENT

Present

I rant

you rant

he/she/it rants

we rant

you rant

they rant

Present continuous

I am ranting

you are ranting

he/she/it is ranting

we are ranting

you are ranting

they are ranting

Present perfect

I have ranted

you have ranted

he/she/it has ranted

we have ranted

you have ranted

they have ranted

Present perfect continuous

I have been ranting

you have been ranting

he/she/it has been ranting

we have been ranting

you have been ranting

they have been ranting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ranted

you ranted

he/she/it ranted

we ranted

you ranted

they ranted

Past continuous

I was ranting

you were ranting

he/she/it was ranting

we were ranting

you were ranting

they were ranting

Past perfect

I had ranted

you had ranted

he/she/it had ranted

we had ranted

you had ranted

they had ranted

Past perfect continuous

I had been ranting

you had been ranting

he/she/it had been ranting

we had been ranting

you had been ranting

they had been ranting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rant

you will rant

he/she/it will rant

we will rant

you will rant

they will rant

Future continuous

I will be ranting

you will be ranting

he/she/it will be ranting

we will be ranting

you will be ranting

they will be ranting

Future perfect

I will have ranted

you will have ranted

he/she/it will have ranted

we will have ranted

you will have ranted

they will have ranted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ranting

you will have been ranting

he/she/it will have been ranting

we will have been ranting

you will have been ranting

they will have been ranting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rant

you would rant

he/she/it would rant

we would rant

you would rant

they would rant

Conditional continuous

I would be ranting

you would be ranting

he/she/it would be ranting

we would be ranting

you would be ranting

they would be ranting

Conditional perfect

I would have rant

you would have rant

he/she/it would have rant

we would have rant

you would have rant

they would have rant

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ranting

you would have been ranting

he/she/it would have been ranting

we would have been ranting

you would have been ranting

they would have been ranting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rant
we let´s rant
you rant

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rant

Past participle

ranted

Present Participle

ranting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rant» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rant

bellow · bluster · bombast · cry · declaim · diatribe · fanfaronade · harangue · philippic · rave · rhetoric · roar · shout · spout · tirade · vociferate · vociferation · yell

TRANSLATION OF RANT

Find out the translation of rant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rant» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 咆哮
• Translator English - Spanish: despotricar
• English: rant
• Translator English - Hindi: शेख़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: خرف
• Translator English - Russian: декламация
• Translator English - Portuguese: arengar
• Translator English - Bengali: অর্থহীন বাক্য
• Translator English - French: fulminer
• Translator English - Malay: Bosan
• Translator English - German: wettern
• Translator English - Japanese: わめく
• Translator English - Korean: 고함치다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nggoleki
• Translator English - Vietnamese: dùng văn khoa trương
• Translator English - Tamil: கொந்தளிப்பாக
• Translator English - Marathi: शेवाळ
• Translator English - Turkish: farfaralık
• Translator English - Italian: sbraitare
• Translator English - Polish: rant
• Translator English - Ukrainian: декламація
• Translator English - Romanian: declama
• Translator English - Greek: αλαζονικό
• Translator English - Afrikaans: rant
• Translator English - Swedish: rant
• Translator English - Norwegian: rant

10 QUOTES WITH «RANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rant.

1

Dick Armey

My own view would be to let Saddam bluster, let him rant and rave all he wants. As long as he behaves himself within his own borders, we should not be addressing any attack or resources against him.

2

Robert Carlyle

I rant and rave about noise pollution.

3

Phyllis Diller

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

4

Rebecca Ferguson

I'm not afraid of a rant, am I? I've got to that point where I've just become a woman; I think I've just grown.

5

Ben Folds

I used to do this big rant at the end of some gigs with Ben Folds Five. The band broke into this big heavy metal thing and I started as a joke to scream in a heavy metal falsetto. I found myself saying things like: Feel my pain, I am white, feel my pain.

6

Steve Huffman

I could go on a long rant about how much I despise e-mail. I wish it was more socially acceptable to ignore people.

7

Tove Jansson

People idealise their animals, and at the same time they patronisingly overlook a dog's natural life - biting fleas, burying bones, rolling in garbage, barking up an empty tree all night... But what do they do themselves? Bury stuff that will rot in secret and then dig it up and bury it again and rant and rave under empty trees!

8

Ray William Johnson

Never angrily rant into your web cam. While smashing a keyboard in half over a game of 'World of Warcraft' may seem totally justified in your head, to the rest of the known universe you look like a raging psychopath.

9

Dennis Miller

I rant, therefore I am.

10

Dennis Miller

Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but guilt is simply God's way of letting you know that you're having too good a time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RANT»

Discover the use of rant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey

Rant is the oral history of one Buster 'Rant' Casey, in which an assortment of friends, enemies, detractors, lovers and relations have their say on the man who may or may not be the most efficient serial killer of our time.

Chuck Palahniuk, 2011

Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey

. . . The way Rant Casey used to say it: Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive–or praising you after you ain’t. From the Hardcover edition.

Chuck Palahniuk, 2009

Rant

Buster 'Rant' Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant casey escapes from his small home town for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing.

Chuck Palahniuk, 2008

Rant: The Oral Biography of Buster Casey

With hilarity, horror, and blazing insight, Rant is a mind-bending vision of the future, as only Chuck Palahniuk could ever imagine.

Chuck Palahniuk, 2008

Don't Rant & Rave on Wednesdays!: The Children's ...

Discusses the causes and effects of anger and provides advice on how to control and channel it

Adolph Moser, 1994

Waiter Rant

Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view, replete with tales of customer stupidity, arrogant misbehavior, and unseen bits of human grace transpiring in the most unlikely places.

Steve Dublanica, 2009

A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer

Selections from the “Until the Violence Stops” Festival Featuring writings by Abiola Abrams • Edward Albee • Tariq Ali • Maya Angelou • Periel Aschenbrand • Patricia Bosworth • Nicole Burdette • Kate Clinton • Kimberle ...

Eve Ensler, 2008

Rant

Rant also signals a transition in the format of Emigre, away from its previous incarnation as a magazine/font catalog toward a series of "pocketbooks" focusing on critical writing about the state of graphic design.

Rudy VanderLans, 2003

FU: A Journal to Destroy, Rant and Vent Without the Police ...

Featuring fun and hilarious exercises, like making a list of favorite swear words, drawing a picture of the most annoying person they know, or turning a journal page into spitballs, this book is the perfect way to keep readers from freaking ...

Alex A. Lluch, 2009

Rant and Dawdle: The Fictional Memoir of Colston Willmott

The latter became the Bill Smith Ensemble in 1980; they recorded five albums, including collaborations with Joe McPhee and Wadada Leo Smith. Smith has also recorded with, among others, Birdyak, Wolfgang Fuchs and The Six Winds.

Bill Smith, William (Bill) E. Smith, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rant is used in the context of the following news items.

'Walking Dead' actor apologizes for profanity-laced subway rant

'Walking Dead' star Chad L. Coleman apologizes for his profanity filled rant that ... is apologizing after going on a profanity laced rant on a New York subway. «WABC-TV, May 15»

Reds Manager Bryan Price Drops 77 F-Bombs In Epic Rant To …

According to the Enquirer, the rant lasted five minutes and 34 seconds and included “77 uses of the 'F' word or a variant and 11 uses of a vulgar term for feces ... «NESN.com, Apr 15»

Brazilian club suspend player after rant at his own fans

A Brazilian First Division club have suspended a player who made obscene hand gestures to his own team's fans and ripped his shirt off during a game. «BBC Sport, Apr 15»

WATCH: Woman Goes on Epic Rant After Getting Caught Smoking …

As the passenger continues her rant, the flight attendant warns her that the police are on their way to arrest her. “Oh, I already know that,” the woman replies. «Yahoo Travel, Mar 15»

Liam Payne's Twitter Rant Shoots Down Report He Has Drinking …

Liam Payne got fired up today over a report that claimed he may be drinking too much - he took to Twitter to explain that this ridiculous rumor isn't true, thank you ... «Cambio, Mar 15»

Mellor apology: I blame booze for my sweary rant in black cab

Mellor apology: I blame booze for my sweary rant in black cab ... used his LBC radio show to offer an abject apology for what he implied was a drunken rant. «The Guardian, Nov 14»

San Francisco tour guide: Racist rant was intended to be 'satirical …

This week an outrageous rant by a tour guide on a double-decker bus, driving through San Francisco, went viral. ABC7 News spoke exclusively to that tour ... «abc7news.com, Oct 14»

Sun Media reportedly set to apologize for Ezra Levant's rant about …

All eyes will be on Sun Media following a report it is poised to offer Justin Trudeau an apology for a derogatory rant by one of its most controversial television ... «National Post, Sep 14»

Ex-'Opie & Anthony' Host Won't Apologize For Rant

Radio talk show host Anthony Cumia is offering no apologies for what satellite radio company SiriusXM called a hate-filled Twitter rant that got him fired. «Billboard, Jul 14»

Read Kanye's Epic Wireless Festival Rant

On July 4, Kanye West, wearing his face mask du jour, started singing "Runaway" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for the crowd at the Wireless Festival ... «Vulture, Jul 14»