ramrod
a cleaning rod for the barrel of a firearm.
a strict disciplinarian; martinet.
to exert discipline and authority on.
to strike or injure with or as if with a ramrod.
to accomplish or put into action by force, intimidation, etc.: to ramrod a bill through Congress.
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How to use ramrod in a sentence
Once airborne, the skater snaps into a ramrod straight position, tucking the arms and legs into the center of the body and axis of rotation.
Why the quadruple axel jump is nearly impossible to land | Shi En Kim | February 13, 2022 | Popular-ScienceHer diaries, released much later, revealed a far more passionate woman than the ramrod-backed public image allows.
Huffman says Bunny is a tall, slim presence with ramrod-straight bearing.
I ordered ramrod to clap a charge of grape into one of the bow-chasers and let drive at the first object that came in sight.
The Portland Sketch Book | VariousMiss Becky, meanwhile, sat erect as a ramrod, a look of perplexity screwing her wrinkles all out of shape.
A Bookful of Girls | Anna Fuller
Ye–es,” said the lad, wincing; “just as if some one was boring a hole through my shoulder with a red-hot ramrod.
!Tention | George Manville Fenn“Yes, we have got the guns,” said the boy; and he unslung the one he carried and began to try the charge with the ramrod.
!Tention | George Manville FennBones, standing as stiff as a ramrod before the office table at which his superior sat, saluted.
The Keepers of the King's Peace | Edgar Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for ramrod
/ (ˈræmˌrɒd) /
a rod for cleaning the barrel of a rifle or other small firearms
a rod for ramming in the charge of a muzzle-loading firearm
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