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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ram1 /ræm/USA pronunciation n., v., rammed, ram•ming. n. [countable] - Mammalsa male sheep.
- a device for battering, crushing, driving, or forcing something, such as a battering ram.
v. - to strike with great force;
dash violently against: [no object]The car rammed into the wall.[~ + object]The driver rammed the car into the wall. - to cram;
stuff:[~ + object]to ram food down their throats. - to push firmly;
force:[~ + object]to ram a bill through the Senate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ram1 (ram),USA pronunciation n., v., rammed, ram•ming. n. - Mammalsa male sheep.
- Astronomy, Astrology(cap.) the constellation or sign of Aries.
- any of various devices for battering, crushing, driving, or forcing something, esp. a battering ram.
- (formerly) a heavy beak or spur projecting from the bow of a warship for penetrating the hull of an enemy's ship.
- (formerly) a warship so equipped, esp. one used primarily for ramming enemy vessels.
- Mechanical Engineeringthe heavy weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver or the like.
- Mechanical Engineeringa piston, as on a hydraulic press.
- a reciprocating part of certain machine tools, as the toolholder of a slotter or shaper.
- HydraulicsSee hydraulic ram.
v.t. - to drive or force by heavy blows.
- to strike with great force;
dash violently against:The car went out of control and rammed the truck. - to cram;
stuff:They rammed the gag in his mouth. - to push firmly:to ram a bill through the Senate.
- to force (a charge) into a firearm, as with a ramrod.
- bef. 900; Middle English: male sheep, machine for ramming, Old English ram(m); cognate with Dutch, Low German ram, German Ramme; (verb, verbal) Middle English rammen, derivative of the noun, nominal; compare Old High German rammen
ram′like′, adj. - 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged jam, thrust, beat, hammer.
ram2 (ram),USA pronunciation [Australian.]- British Termsa confidence man's associate who acts as a decoy;
confederate; shill.
- 1940–45; origin, originally obscure; Brit. criminal argot ramp swindle (earlier, as verb, verbal: snatch, tear) is a phonetically implausible source
RAM (ram),USA pronunciation n. - Computingcomputer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. Cf. ROM.
- r(andom)-a(ccess) m(emory)
RAM, - See reverse annuity mortgage.
R.A.M., - Royal Academy of Music.
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