Raves (5)
I believe the answer is:
rants
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">raves</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('rant' can be a synonym of 'rave')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rants that I've seen before include "Loud pompous declamations" , "Noisily declaims" , "Raves" , "Loud bombastic declamations" .)