rant

n. High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is a stoical rant, without any foundation in the nature of man or reason of things. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A noisy talker; a raving declaimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl. Hist.) (a) One of a religious sect which sprung up in 1645; -- called also Seekers. See Seeker. (b) One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervor and zeal; -- so called in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) The practice or tenets of the Ranters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a ranting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ranty + pole, poll, head. ] A wild, romping young person. [ Low ] Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wild; roving; rakish. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act like a rantipole. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She used to rantipole about the house. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) Ranterism. [ 1913 Webster ]