/ rænt; NAmE / verb
[ v , v speech ] rant (on) (about sth) | rant (at sb) ( disapproving ) to speak or complain about sth in a loud and/or angry way
► rant noun
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IDIOMS
- rant and rave
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (in the sense behave boisterously ): from Dutch ranten talk nonsense, rave.