ram.
A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
Meaning & usage
A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
An act of ramming.
A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).
To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.
To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.
To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.
To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
I quickly rammed another charge down the barrel and took aim.
To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
They rammed the earth walls to make them more compact
To thrust during sexual intercourse.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English rammen, from the noun (see above). Compare Old High German rammen.
Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.
Where this word comes from
Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram (“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish (“rank, offensive in smell”).
Alternative form of rambo.
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