ram (ræm) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an uncastrated adult sheep |
| 2. | a piston or moving plate, esp one driven hydraulically or pneumatically |
| 3. | the falling weight of a pile driver or similar device |
| 4. | short for battering ram |
| 5. | rostrum, Also called: beak a pointed projection in the stem of an ancient warship for puncturing the hull of enemy ships |
| 6. | a warship equipped with a ram |
| 7. | slang a sexually active man |
| —vb (usually foll by into) , rams, ramming, rammed | |
| 8. | to force or drive, as by heavy blows: to ram a post into the ground |
| 9. | (of a moving object) to crash with force (against another object) or (of two moving objects) to collide in this way: the ships rammed the enemy |
| 10. | (tr |
| 11. | (tr |
| 12. | (tr) to present (an idea, argument, etc) forcefully or aggressively (esp in the phrase ram (something) down someone's throat) |
| 13. | (tr) to drive (a charge) into a firearm |
| [Old English ramm; related to Old High German ram ram, Old Norse ramr fierce, rimma to fight] | |
| 'rammer | |
| —n | |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |