What the hell does rant mean?

rant?What the hell does rant mean?
Ranting or going on a rant means to speak in a loud, nagging voice about something that ticks you off.What the hell does rant mean?
To 'rant' and rave, is to complain.
to go on and on about a topic...like ';ranting and raving';wehn your mad
I don't have the textbook definition, but in my opinion, it means to carry on angrily. To write or speak with great anger.
Same as venting, when you rant you're usually mad...
To go on an on and on and on and onnnnnnnnnnn talking to ears thats not paying a blind bit of attention
it means to yell and scream and throw a fit.
Plainly it means going on and on about something. Like constantly speaking about it (mostly moaning about it).





';To speak or write in a angry or violent manner; rave.';





';speak in loud exaggerated manner: to speak or say something in a very loud, aggressive, or bombastic way, usually at length and repetitively';
when someone speaks loud and angry , or agitated,or when someone keeps talking about the same thing over and over again hence the phrase rant and rave.
Aloha from Down Unda!


I love this word! %26amp; the standup comics/political commentators that used to be on Saturday Nite Live Not Necessarily the News [%26amp;their names escape me but are] world famous with theirs RANTS! One that comes to mind is the guy that wants a supermodel on TV all the time... with her own TV show 24/7 ...on her own network...Dennis Miller is a ranter %26amp; there are a few others like him. Great 'info-tainers'!


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–verb (used without object) 1. to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.


–verb (used with object) 2. to utter or declaim in a ranting manner.


–noun 3. ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.


4. a ranting utterance.


[Origin: 1590–1600; %26lt; D ranten (obs.) to talk foolishly]


—Related forms


ranter, noun


rant‧ing‧ly, adverb


—Synonyms 3. bombast, extravagance.


To speak or write in a angry or violent manner; rave.


To utter or express with violence or extravagance: a dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience.


Violent or extravagant speech or writing.


A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence: “The vast majority [of teenagers logged onto the Internet] did not encounter recipes for pipe bombs or deranged rants about white supremacy” (Daniel Okrent).


Chiefly British. Wild or uproarious merriment.


a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion [syn: harangue, ranting] 2: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, claptrap, blah] v : talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner [syn: mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave]


I LOVE to rant! It's good to vent through rants. I have to use the keyboard because I'm kinda slow thinking but smart enough to enjoy ranting as therapy. Good ranters can snap it off the top of their head fast %26amp; furious!


K-den, M1/NSWMoke aka mikewonaus