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ramrod en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹæmɹɑd/ (General-American)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɹæmɹɒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From ram + rod.

Meanings

  1. Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
  2. Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
  3. (slang) An erect penis.
    • Half a second after that, she had him totally pinned while he thrust at her crotch with his ramrod, going thud thud thud like a blind dog in a maze. Hitting everything but the entrance she craved. 2009, Gina McQueen, Opposite Sex, page 78:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ramrods Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

ramroddy · straight as a ramrod · ramrod straight

Synonyms

gunstick

Translations (39)

kl immiit (device used with early firearms) · tr harbi (device used with early firearms) · ca atacador (device used with early firearms) · sv laddstock (device used with early firearms) · izh rasseli (device used with early firearms) · ms pelantak (device used with early firearms) · pl stempel (device used with early firearms) · kk сүмбі (device used with early firearms) · cy ffon wthio (device used with early firearms) · de Ladstecke (device used with early firearms) · cmn 搠杖 (device used with early firearms) · alt сӱме (device used with early firearms) · lt grūstuvas (device used with early firearms) · id pelantak (device used with early firearms) · pl sztępel (device used with early firearms) · ota تفنك چبوغی (device used with early firearms) · fr baguette (device used with early firearms) · ca burxa (device used with early firearms) · he מַתְחֵב (device used with early firearms) · sv laddstake (device used with early firearms) · ru шо́мпол (device used with early firearms) · de Ladstab (device used with early firearms) · es baqueta (device used with early firearms) · he מָדוֹךְ (device used with early firearms) · de Ladstecken (device used with early firearms) · de Ladestock (device used with early firearms) · ca baqueta (device used with early firearms) · tft farfuji (device used with early firearms) · uk шо́мпол (device used with early firearms) · ar مِدَكّ (device used with early firearms) · ms ramrud (device used with early firearms) · da ladestok (device used with early firearms) · nl stamper (device used with early firearms) · fi latauspuikko (device used with early firearms) · be шо́мпал (device used with early firearms) · nl laadstok (device used with early firearms) · it bacchetta (device used with early firearms) · bg шо́мпол (device used with early firearms) · ko 꽂을대 (device used with early firearms)

ramrod en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹæmɹɑd/ (General-American)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈɹæmɹɒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From ram + rod.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To force; to coerce.
    • That new project manager is just the one to ramrod this through to completion.
  2. (broadly, qualifier:usually passive voice) To force to remain upright.
    • He bristled and sat there, motionless, as if ramrodded.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ramrodding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ramrodded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ramrodded Tense=Past lexicographic
ramrods Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

packing-worm · wad-hook

Translations (2)

fi puskea (to force) · fi painaa (to force)