ramp¹ /ramp/

1. An inclined plane, a slope
2. A low hump made across a road, eg to slow down traffic
3. A set of movable stairs for entering or leaving an aircraft
4. An inclined slip road (N American)
5. The slope of a wall-top, or anything similar, between two levels
6. An upwardly concave bend in a handrail
7. A swindle
8. An act of ramping
9. A stunt worked for private profit
10. A worked-up excitement or craze, esp for some gain
11. An exploitation of a special situation to increase prices, etc
12. A romp, tomboy (archaic)
13. A disorderly or loose woman (archaic)

1. To climb
2. To grow rankly
3. To rear as if climbing
4. To slope from one level to another
5. To rage
6. To dash about wildly

1. To provide with a ramp
2. To bend into a ramp
3. To snatch
4. To rob
5. To hustle into paying a fictitious debt
6. To swindle
7. To increase (the price of something) dishonestly, and to a large extent (usu with up)

rampāˈcious adjective (Dickens)

Rampageous

rampallˈian noun (Shakespeare)

A term of abuse

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