Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - rant
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I. verb Etymology: obsolete Dutch ~en, randen Date: 1601 intransitive verb 1. to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner 2. to scold vehemently transitive verb to utter in a bombastic declamatory fashion • ~er noun • ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1649 1. a. a bombastic extravagant speech b. bombastic extravagant language 2. dialect British a rousing good time
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. use bombastic language. 2 tr. & intr. declaim, recite theatrically. 3 tr. & intr. preach noisily. --n. 1 a piece of ranting, a tirade. 2 empty turgid talk. Derivatives ranter n. rantingly n. Etymology: Du. ranten rave ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. неодобр. напыщенная речь, громкие слова; пустословие; демагогия the passage is pure rant —- это место просто набор громких слов 2. неодобр. тирада, проповедь a rant against smth. —- тирада против чего-л. 3. неодобр. говорить напыщенно; произносить громкие слова; заниматься пустословием to rant out a speech —- разразиться речью 4. неодобр. (at, against) разражаться тирадами (против кого-л., чего-л.) he ranted at the boy, who paid no attention —- он устроил разнос мальчику, который относился к его тирадам с полным равнодушием ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) напыщенная речь; громкие слова; декламация 2) шумная проповедь 3) dial. кутеж 2. v. 1) говорить напыщенно; декламировать 2) проповедовать 3) dial. шумно веселиться; громко петь ...Англо-русский словарь
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(rants, ranting, ranted) 1. If you say that someone rants, you mean that they talk loudly or angrily, and exaggerate or say foolish things. As the boss began to rant, I stood up and went out... Even their three dogs got bored and fell asleep as he ranted on... ‘Let’s get it over and done with, and to hell with them,’ he ranted. VERB: V, V on, V with quote • Rant is also a noun. Part I is a rant against organised religion. N-COUNT • ranting (rantings) He had been listening to Goldstone’s rantings all night... N-VAR 2. If you say that someone rants and raves, you mean that they talk loudly and angrily in an uncontrolled way. I don’t rant and rave or throw tea cups. PHRASE: Vs inflect c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v to talk or complain in a loud, excited, and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something (ranting on about the way his boss treats him | rant and rave (=rant continuously)) (I see the tabloids are all ranting and raving about Fergie's skiing trip.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1598, from Du. randten "talk foolishly, rave," of unknown origin. Ranters "antinomian sect which arose in England c.1645" is from 1651; applied 1823 to early Methodists. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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