English Explanatory Dictionary

ramp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  2. An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  3. A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
  4. A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
  5. A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
  6. A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
  7. A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
  8. A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  9. A scale of values.
  10. A speed bump.
  11. An act of violent robbery.
  12. A deliberate swindle or fraud.
verb
  1. To behave violently; to rage.
  2. To swindle or rob violently.
  3. To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
  4. To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
  5. To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
  6. To stand in a rampant position.
  7. To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
  8. To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
noun
  1. Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.
  2. A promiscuous man or woman.
  3. A worthless person.
name
  1. A surname from German.

Pronunciation

/ɹæmp/ en-us-ramp.ogg

Word forms

ramp ramps ramping ramped

Etymology

From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp. Akin also to Old English ġehrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple, rumple”), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa. More at rimple.

Synonyms

slip road ramps rams ramson ramsons wild leek

Related words

rampage rampant buckram

Derived words

banker's ramp boat ramp exit ramp ghost ramp jump ramp miniramp moving ramp off-ramp onramp on-ramp parking ramp ramp ceremony rampie rampless ramplike rampman ramp meter rampspeed ramp travel index ramp-up rampway runaway truck ramp ski ramp nose ski-ramp nose spine ramp vert ramp wheelchair ramp deramp rampable ramp along ramper ramp up
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