ranting

From rant +‎ -ing.

ranting

1. present participle and gerund of rant

From rant +‎ -ing.

ranting (countable and uncountable, plural rantings)

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

• ign'rant

Inherited from Malay ranting.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈrantiŋ/
• Rhymes: -antiŋ
• Syllabification: ran‧ting

ranting (plural ranting-ranting)

1. twig (on a tree)
2. branch of an organization in village level

• “ranting” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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ranting (Jawi spelling رنتيڠ, plural ranting-ranting)

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

ranting (in the form of meranting)

1. to branch

   Synonyms: cabang, cawang

2. to stretch upwards
3. to prune

• 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

• “ranting” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.