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# rant

«rant» in Mova's school dictionary: **To talk or shout for a long time in an angry, excited…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (rant, rants, ranted, ranting); noun (a rant, rants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To talk or shout for a long time in an angry, excited way, often without listening to others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#m1)

2) (noun) A long, angry speech or piece of writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#m2)

3) (informal, online) A post or video where someone complains loudly about something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people rant about things that annoy them, like traffic, homework or a game update. Online, a "rant" is a long complaining post. In stories, a character who rants is angry and losing control, and others may roll their eyes. Phrases: rant about, rant and rave, go on a rant, have a rant.

### examples

- Grandad ranted about the price of bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#x1)
- My sister went on a rant about her phone being taken away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#x2)
- Sorry for the rant, I'm just really annoyed! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#x3)
- The coach ranted and raved at the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#x4)
- He posted a long rant about the new game update. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#x5)
- Stop ranting and listen to me for a second. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/#x6)

### note

Past form: ranted. Countable noun: a rant, two rants. "Rant and rave" is a fixed phrase meaning to shout angrily. Ranting is usually seen as not very calm or fair, so calling someone's words a "rant" can sound rude.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.