v. Function: verb
to talk in a declamatory, grandiloquent, or impassioned manner FF1C; orated to the crowd about the flag and patriotism FF1E;
Synonyms: bloviate, declaim, harangue, mouth, perorate, rant, rave, soapbox
Related Words: elocute; bombast, rodomontade, sermonize, speechify; blah-blah