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Violin, flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, trumpet

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher., High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.

To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher., High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics.

The word sounding comes from the nautical term meaning 'to measure'. We use sounding rockets to perform measurements and experiments in space. Sounding rockets do not enter orbit, but can go very high into space.