Dictionary: RAM – RAMN

• RAM
adj. 1. offensive in smell or taste; rancid, strong-flavoured …1863 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. full …1980s Black British sl.
int. damn! …M19 euphemism
n. 1. an act of copulation …17C colloq.
n. 2. a penis …E17 sl.
n. 3. a virile and/or promiscuous man …M17 sl.
n. 4. a headstrong, impetuous, blundering person …1812 Sc.
n. 5. a rank odour; an offensive smell …a1838 Sc.
n. 6. a practical joke …M19 US students’ sl.
n. 7. the keel of a boat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 8. a trickster’s confederate who encourages the public to lose their money in a con-game …1940s Aust. sl.
n. 9. an accomplice in petty crime …1941 sl., orig. & chiefly Aust.
n. 10. a male goat …1950 Amer. dial.
n. 11. something unpleasant …1950s US sl.
n. 12. alkyl nitrites …1980s drug culture sl.
vb. 1. to leap the ewe …1688 obs. rare
vb. 2. to have sexual intercourse …17C sl.
vb. 3. to stuff or cram with food or drink …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to push violently; to thrust …1824 Sc.
vb. 5. to punish an offender by bumping his posteriors against a wall; to punish by bastinadoing the soles of the feet …1853 Sc.
vb. 6. euphemism for to ‘damn’ …1899 Ireland
vb. 7. to lose by throwing a thing beyond reach …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to work as a confidence trickster’s accomplice …1950s Aust. sl.
vb. 9. to fill up, to crowd …1970s Black British sl.
vb. 10. to take food without one’s parents’ permission from the refrigerator …1996 African-American dial.
 
• RAMA
n. marijuana …1970s drug culture sl.
 
• RAM ABOUT
vb. to knock about; to push violently …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAMACK
n. 1. a worthless article; a scrap …1884 Sc.
n. 2. a stick, esp. a large rugged piece of stick …19C Sc.
vb. to search, to ransack …1953 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMAGE
adj. 1. of animals: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …c1290
adj. 2. of persons: furious, frenzied, raging …c1470
adj. 3. full of thickets, rough …c1475
adj. 4. easily frightened or startled …1567
n. 1. wildness, high spirit, courage …1456 obs. rare
n. 2. the song or cry of birds …1616 obs.
n. 3. the collective branches of a tree or trees …1656 arch.
 
• RAMAGENESS
n. 1. wantonness, debauchery, dissoluteness …c1440 obs.
n. 2. of an animal: fierceness …1607 obs.
n. 3. high spirit, liveliness, vigour …1686 obs.
 
• RAMAGEOUS
adj. 1. of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …1398 obs.
adj. 2. easily frightened or startled …c1530 obs.
adj. 3. furious, frenzied, raging …a1600 obs.
 
• RAMAGIECHAN
n. 1. a big, raw-boned, awkward, impetuous person …1808 Sc.
n. 2. a dishonest, double-dealing person; a hypocrite, a cheat …1825 Sc.
n. 3. a dolt, a simpleton …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMAGIOUS
adj. 1. of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent …1398 obs.
adj. 2. easily frightened or startled …c1530 obs.
adj. 3. furious, frenzied, raging …a1600 obs.
 
• RAMA-LAMA
n. rock ‘n’ roll music …2001 UK sl.
 
• RAM AND DAM(N)
n. a muzzle-loading gun …M19 sl.
 
• RAMARD
adv. to the right …1883 Eng dial.
 
• RAM AROUND
vb. to run around boisterously; to gad about, to go out in search of pleasure …1939 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMASAMMY
n. any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies …L19 sl., orig. Indian Army
 
• RAMASH
vb. to gather together …1589 obs.
 
• RAMASS
n. a summary, résumé …1606 Sc. obs. rare
vb. to gather together …1589 obs.
 
• RAM AT
vb. to use force; to do anything with vigour …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMATRACKS
n. purposeless wandering …20C Ulster sl.
 
• RAM AWAY
vb. 1. to rush …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to work with vigour and energy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAM BAM
adv. quickly …20C Amer. sl.
 
• RAMBARRE
vb. to beat or force back; to drive away, to repel, to repulse; to stop, to restrain …1644 Sc. obs. rare
 
• RAMBASK
adj. robust …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
 
• RAMBASKIOUS
adj. uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMBASKISH
adj. uncouth, unpolished, rough and boisterous in manner …1825 Sc.
 
• RAM-BAZZ
adv. suddenly and with headlong force …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMBETTE
n. a female ‘Rambo’ – reckless, fearless, the warrior woman …1992 US sl.
 
• RAMBLE
n. 1. a piece of noisy or riotous behaviour; a row, uproar …1705 Sc.
n. 2. a spree; a drinking bout …1705 Sc.
n. 3. a rambling building full of strange passages and stairs …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to go out looking for sex …E17 sl.
vb. 2. to dance; also, to reel, to stagger …1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to clamber, to climb …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• RAMBLE ABOUT
n. to idle about; to get into mischief …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMBLE ALONG
vb. to go fast …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
• RAMBLE-HEADED
adj. of a wandering, giddy disposition …a1761 obs. rare
 
• RAMBLER
n. 1. a person who goes out looking for sex …E17 sl.
n. 2. a potato left by chance in the ground which comes up again the next year …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a tramp who travels on passenger trains …1910s US tramps’ sl.
n. 4. a ranch-style house …1958 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a portable radio …1996 UK sl.
 
• RAMBLER WOLF
n. a tramp who travels on passenger trains …1910s US tramps’ sl.
 
• RAMBLE-SCRAMBLE
adj. wanting in system; confused, irregular, disorderly …1833
 
• RAMBLESOME
adj. hot-headed, impetuous, blundering …1864 Sc.
 
• RAMBLE THE BOUNDARIES
vb. to go round the boundaries of a township …1865 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMBLE UP
vb. to romp …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMBLING
adj. 1. talkative, untrustworthy …1895 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. clumsy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. restless …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. fast, speedy; esp. said of a railroad train …1920s US tramps’ sl.
 
• RAMBLIN-STONE
n. a loose stone …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMBO
n. 1. a soldier with too much of a sense of drama and too little intelligence …1989 US sl.
n. 2. heroin …1998 UK sl.
n. 3. an intolerant prison officer who would rather punish inmates …2002 UK sl.
 
• RAMBOOZE
adv. suddenly and with headlong force …1898 Sc.
n. a drink commonly made of eggs, ale, wine, and sugar, but in summer made of milk, wine, sugar and rose water …1656 obs.
 
• RAMBO RAG
n. handkerchief worn on the head …1991 US sl.
 
• RAMBOUNGE
n. a severe brush of labour …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMBUMP
vb. to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post …1953 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMBUMPTIOUS
adj. noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1911 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMBUNCTIOUS
adj. energetic, vigorous, lively, boisterous …1830 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
 
• RAMBUNKSHUS
adj. noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1866 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMBUNKSIOUS
adj. noisy and unruly; boisterous; forward; obstreperous …1904 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMBURSE
vb. to reimburse …1582 Sc. obs. rare
 
• RAMBUSK
adj. robust …Bk1905 Sc. obs.
 
• RAMBUST
adj. robust, vigorous …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMBUSTEOUS
adj. uncouth, unpolished, rough, rude, and boisterous in manner …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMBUSTIOUS
adj. spirited, boisterous, lively; unruly, riotous …1853
 
• RAMBUTT
vb. to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post …1923 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMBUZE
n. a drink commonly made of eggs, ale, wine, and sugar, but in summer made of milk, wine, sugar and rose water …1656 obs.
 
• RAMBY
adj. wild, furious, lecherous …1908 Amer. dial.
 
• RAM CAT
n. 1. a male cat …1672
n. 2. a man wearing furs …M19 sl.
 
• RAM-CAT COVE
n. a man wearing furs …M19 sl.
 
• RAM-CAT STEW
n. a makeshift stew …1966 Amer. dial.
 
• RAM CHUNDUR
n. any Indian (Hindu) immigrant …1900s Aust. sl.
 
• RAMCOUNTER
vb. to meet with, to encounter …1899 Sc.
 
• RAME
n. 1. the bones or skeleton of a human being or animal; generally plural …1497 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a branch of a tree or shrub …1578 rare
n. 3. a cry; a continuous repetition of the same words or sound …1808 Sc.
n. 4. a refrain, rigmarole; a continuous, whining complaint …1808 Sc.
vb. 1. to shout, to cry aloud; to scream …c1470 obs. exc. Sc.
vb. 2. to obtain by persistent asking …1500-20 Sc. obs.
vb. 3. to keep up the same cry; to continue repeating the same thing …1703 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to drone on in a monotonous fashion, to prate …1839 Sc.
vb. 5. to talk nonsense; to rave; to exaggerate, to tell tall stories or lies …1847 Sc.
vb. 6. to dwell on a subject persistently; to whine over a grievance; to harp on about one’s troubles …1875 Sc.
vb. 7. to pull up …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 8. to steal, to rob, to plunder …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMELET
 n. a small branch, a twig …1652 obs. rare
 
• RAMENTS
n. scrapings …1670 obs. rare
 
• RAMES
n. 1. a skeleton, a carcass; the framework or ligaments of anything; remains, remnants …E19 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a very thin person or animal …E19 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMFEEZLE
vb. 1. to disarrange, to muddle …1786 Sc.
vb. 2. to exhaust oneself with work; to wear oneself out …1885 Sc.
vb. 3. to put into a state of disorder; to turn topsy-turvy …1887 Sc.
 
► RAMFEEZLED adj. exhausted, fatigued, worn out; overworked; confused, muddled, stupefied → 1786 chiefly Sc.
 
• RAMFEEZLEMENT
n. disorder, confusion; the effects of fatigue or exhaustion …1821 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a babble of angry words, confused discourse; a violent quarrel …1825 Sc. obs.
 
• RAMFOOZLE
vb. 1 to disarrange, to muddle …1786 Sc.
vb. 2. to put into a state of disorder; to turn topsy-turvy …1887 Sc.
 
• RAMFOOZLED
adj. confused, muddled, stupefied; spent, exhausted, wearied …1786 Sc.
 
• RAMFORCE
n. to fortify, to strengthen a wall, rampart, etc.; to block up, to barricade a gate or door …1570 chiefly Sc. obs.
 
• RAM-FULL
adj. crammed full …1721 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
• RAM-GAM
adj. headstrong, precipitate, devil-may-care, heedless, rash, unrestrained …1929 Sc.
 
• RAMGEED
adj. tipsy, confused, muddled …1791 Sc.
 
• RAM-GOAT
n. a he-goat …1575 obs.
 
• RAMGUMPTIOUS
adj. shrewd, bold, rash …B1900 sl.
 
• RAMGUNSHOCH
adj. bad-tempered, surly, rude and boorish …1721 Sc.
n. a boorish, rude clown; a person with rough, crude manners …1825 Sc.
 
• RAM-HEAD
n. 1. a halyard block …1514 nautical usage obs.
n. 2. one who has a head like a ram; a dull, thick-witted, obstinate person; a stupid person, a blockhead …1605 obs.
n. 3. a cuckold …1632 obs.
vb. to make a cuckold of …1713 obs.
 
• RAM-HEADED
adj. stupid, thick-headed, dull …1813
 
• RAMIE
n. a calf, esp. a small or sickly one …1936 Amer. dial.
 
• RAMIEGEISTER
n. a sharp stroke or blow; also, an injury …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMIFEROUS
adj. bearing branches …1819 rare
 
• RAMIFICATE
vb. to branch out …1844 rare
 
• RAMIFY
vb. to choke; to crowd up …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAMILLET
n. a bouquet or nosegay of flowers …c1620 obs. rare
 
• RAM IN
vb. 1. to crush, to burst in …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 2. to work with vigour and energy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMIN
n. a persistent crying for something, as of a sick child …1901 Sc.
 
• RAM INTO
vb. to do with vigour and energy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMISED
adj. 1. dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child …a1838 Sc.
adj. 2. witless, stupid …a1838 Sc.
 
• RAMISHED
adj. 1. confused or excited with drink …1791 Sc.
adj. 2. dazed, as from lack of sleep or from being suddenly awakened; stupefied, listless in a peevish, fretful way; esp. of a child …a1838 Sc.
adj. 3. witless, stupid …a1838 Sc.
adj. 4. furious, raging, crazy …1899 Sc.
 
• RAMISON
n. a long, tedious story; small talk …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAM IT!
int. 1. an exclamation of dismissal …1930s sl., orig. US
int. 2. an expression of praise or encouragement …1980s Black British sl.
 
• RAM-JAM
adj. tightly packed; full to excess; generally used with ‘full’ …1895 Eng. dial.
adv. forcibly; headlong …1879 Eng. dial.
n. (usually as ‘ramjam’) a crowd …1970s Black British sl.
vb. 1. to crowd, to pack closely together; to cram …19C Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to stuff with food …L19 sl.
 
• RAM-JAM FULL
adj. crammed full …1879 Eng. dial. & sl.
 
• RAMJEED
adj. tipsy, confused, muddled …1791 Sc.
 
• RAMJOLLOCK
vb. to shuffle cards …B1900 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMKIN
n. a young ram …1638 obs. rare
 
• RAMLIN
adj. clumsy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMLIN-LAD
n. a tall, fast-growing boy …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAMMACK
n. 1. a worthless article; a scrap …1884 Sc.
n. 2. a large raw-boned person who speaks and acts heedlessly; a ninny, a simpleton; a dissolute spendthrift; a false-hearted fellow; a backbiter; a double-dealer …19C Sc.
n. 3. a person who turns things topsy-turvy …19C Eng. dial.
n. 4. a stick, esp. a large rugged piece of stick …19C Sc.
vb. 1. to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about …1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to turn things topsy-turvy …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMACKING
adj. rambling, scrambling …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMACKS
n. a romp; a boisterous child …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMAGE
adj. 1. of persons: wild, excited, unruly,  unmanageable …1714 Sc.
adj. 2. of a road: rough-set …1809 Sc. obs.
adj. 3. frenzied, crazed with drink; sexually excited, voluptuous …1824 Sc.
 
• RAMMAGED
adj. drunk …18C sl.
 
• RAMMAS
n. a long, tedious story; small talk …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMATRACK
n. a rabble …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAMMATREK
n. 1. a rabble; a  frolicsome, mischievous crowd, esp. of children …1866 Sc.
n. 2. rubbish, trash …1908 Sc.
 
• RAMMED
adj. 1. damned …M19 sl.
adj. 2. crammed, stuffed full …1996 UK sl.
 
• RAMMEL
n. 1. rubbish of any kind …1370-71 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
. 2. brushwood, underwood, small trees or bushes …1373 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs. rare
n. 3. small, crooked, or rubbishy branches, esp. from trees which have been felled and trimmed …c1420 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 4. a big-boned, scraggy animal …1866 Sc.
n. 5. a rough person …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAMMEL-HEADED
adj. of a wandering, giddy disposition …1824 Sc.
 
• RAMMELIN’
adj. talkative,  untrustworthy …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMELSOME
adj. rough, troublesome; hot-headed, impetuous, blundering …1864 Sc.
 
• RAMMELY
adj. of a boy: fast-growing, tall, lanky …1887 Sc.
 
• RAMMER
n. 1. the penis …L17 sl.
n. 2. an instrument for mashing turnips …1776 Sc.
n. 3. the arm …L18 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 4. a heavy, clumsy shoe …1810
n. 5. the leg …M19 sl.
n. 6. a knock, a rap …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 7. anything very large; a huge, uncouth thing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 8. an enthusiastic, energetic copulator …1970s US homosexual sl.
vb. to exaggerate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMICK
vb. 1. to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about …1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to turn things topsy-turvy …19C Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMIES
n. 1. trousers, pants …1906 Aust. rhyming sl. (‘rammy rousers’)
n. 2. knickers …1950s sl.
 
• RAMMING
adj. 1. forcible, ‘go-ahead’ …1825 sl.
adj. 2. very big, huge …1864 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMING-TIME
n. the copulation of sheep …1590 obs.
 
• RAMMIS
vb. to behave frantically; to rush wildly about …a1585 Sc.
 
• RAMMISH
adj. 1. of smell, taste, etc.: rank, rancid, acrid, strong, stinking, highly disagreeable …c1386 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. lascivious, lustful …1577 obs.
adj. 3. wild, violent, untamed, rash; strong …1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
adj. 4. of either gender: sexually enthusiastic …M17 sl.
adj. 5. furious, crazed with rage or hunger …1825 Sc.
adj. 6. of children: boisterous, romping …1825 Sc.
adv. vigorously, furiously …1929 Sc.
vb. to behave frantically; to rush wildly about; to go about in a state approaching frenzy …a1585 Sc.
 
• RAMMISHLY
adv. 1. stinkingly, rancidly …1567
adv. 2. lasciviously, lustfully …a1693 obs.
 
• RAMMISHNESS
n. 1. rancidity …1552
n. 2. lasciviousness, lust …1617
 
• RAMMIST
adj. mad, crazy, frantic …1456 Sc. rare
 
• RAMMISTNESS
n. madness, frenzy …1456 Sc. obs.
 
• RAMMLEGAUCUS
n. a stupid, blundering fellow …1923 Sc. obs.
 
• RAMMLEGUISHON
n. a sturdy, rattling fellow …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMMLEQUISHON
n. a sturdy, rattling fellow …Bk1905 Sc.
 
• RAMMOCK
n. 1. a big, coarse person, esp. one of a stubborn position …1824 Sc.
n. 2. a big rough piece of wood; a gnarled and knotty stick …1866 Sc.
n. 3. a large, raw-boned worthless animal …1924 Sc.
n. 4. a confused or twisted mass of anything …1925 Sc.
n. 5. a worthless object …1929 Sc.
vb. to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about …1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMUCK
vb. to romp; to rush about riotously; to clamber about …1884 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMUCKY
adj. dissolute, wanton, depraved …1893 Eng. dial.
 
• RAMMY
adj. 1. rank, rancid, stinking …1607 now chiefly N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. of either gender: sexually enthusiastic …M17 sl.
adj. 3. suffering from delirium tremens …1950s US prison sl.
adj. 4. drunk …1960s US sl.
adj. 5. eccentric …1970s US sl.
adj. 6. wild, furious, lecherous …1973 Amer. dial.
n. 1. a spoon, esp. of horn …1809 Sc.
n. 2. a general fight; a brawl; a scuffle; a violent disturbance or commotion; a noisy argument; a row; a bustling crowd …1935 Sc. sl.
vb. to take part in crowd violence …1996 Sc.
 
• RAMMYJEESTER
n. a sharp stroke or blow …1825 Sc.
 
• RAMMY ROUSERS
n. trousers, pants …1906 Aust. rhyming sl.