Kick
Kick verb - To express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely.
Rant
Rant verb - To talk loudly and wildly.
How words are described
| good | good kick | good rant |
| full | full kick | full rant |
| nice | nice kick | nice rant |
| long | long kick | long rant |
| Other adjectives: similar, complete, wild, small, massive, big, huge, little, vicious, infamous, famous, final, last, said, devastating, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kick the Dog: It's bad enough that Snape belittles and insults Neville in his own classes... but to have a small rant about how useless he is to another teacher is beyond cruel.
- None of his lectures have the usual villainous rant; he says he's tired, and that he honestly hopes Cole will kick his ass when the time comes for them to confront one another.
Source: Hidden Agenda Villain - Leads to some amusing scenes where he seems visibly annoyed that the heroes are forcing him to put on his game face and rant when he'd rather kick back and relax with a latte.
Source: Large Ham / Literature
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