RANT meaning: Loud, lengthy, and impassioned speech

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word rant:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

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rant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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rant (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
rant: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Rant (Ian Hunter album), Rant (The Futureheads album), Rant (disambiguation), Rant (novel), Rant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Rant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
rant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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rant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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Art (1 matching dictionary)

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

rant, rant: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Rant, rant: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
▸ verb:  To disseminate one's own opinions in a—typically—one-sided, strong manner.
▸ verb:  To criticize by ranting.
▸ verb:  (dated) To speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
▸ verb:  To dance rant steps.
▸ noun:  A criticism done by ranting.
▸ noun:  A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
▸ noun:  A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.

Similar:

mouth off, blah, jabber, claptrap, harangue, rabbit on, spout, rave, fustian, bombast, more...

Opposite:

rave, praise, compliment, endorse

Types:

diatribe, harangue, tirade, soliloquy, monologue, dissertation, more...

Phrases:

rant and rave, Screen Rant, Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats, bitter rant, long rant, more...

Adjectives:

mere, igno, good, long, much, political, little, famous, pure, wild, high

Colors:

red, orange, yellow, fiery red, crimson, more...