[rant] vb [obs. D ranten, randen] vi (1602) 1: to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
2: to scold vehemently ~ vt: to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion -- rant.er n -- rant.ing.ly adv
[2]rant n (1649) 1 a: a bombastic extravagant speech b: bombastic extravagant language
2. dial Brit: a rousing good time