ranting

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English

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Etymology 1

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From rant +‎ -ing.

Verb

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ranting

  1. present participle and gerund of rant

Etymology 2

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From rant +‎ -ing.

Noun

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ranting (countable and uncountable, plural rantings)

  1. (countable) A long, angry, and impassioned speech.
  2. (uncountable) The act or process of delivering a rant.

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay ranting.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ranting (first-person possessive rantingku, second-person possessive rantingmu, third-person possessive rantingnya)

  1. branch of an organization in village level

Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

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ranting (Jawi spelling رنتيڠ, plural ranting-ranting, informal 1st possessive rantingku, 2nd possessive rantingmu, 3rd possessive rantingnya)

  1. twig, small branch
    cerita ranting ― a form of story telling in Kelantanese wayang kulit based on or spun off characters and settings of the main original story (cerita pokok)
    1. (Riau) branch of an organization in village level

Verb

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ranting (in the form of meranting)

  1. to branch
    Synonyms: cabang, cawang
  2. to stretch upwards
  3. to prune

References

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  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “رنتيڠ ranting”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 10
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “رنتيڠ ranting”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 340
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “ranting”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 314

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