ranted; ranting; rants
: to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion
ranter
noun
1
a
: a bombastic extravagant speech
b
: bombastic extravagant language
2
dialectal British
: a rousing good time
Examples of rant in a Sentence
Verb
“You can rant and rave all you want,” she said, “but it's not going to change things.”
He ranted that they were out to get him.
Noun
after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room
instead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments
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Laney Crawley, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
No need to rant and rave at the AI about its code generation.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Her rant remains an iconic meme, but the reality icon has changed a lot over the last two decades.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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Verb
TikTok user @shotmyheartwithnovacaine posted a video in July ranting about how people dress when going to concerts to her 137K followers.
—Laney Crawley, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
No need to rant and rave at the AI about its code generation.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
Kirk was channeled earlier in the episode by Cartman, who started a conservative podcast after accusing fellow South Park Elementary student Clyde of stealing his rants.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Her rant remains an iconic meme, but the reality icon has changed a lot over the last two decades.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Rant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rant. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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: loud and wild speech
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