• RAMONEUR
n. 1. a colour resembling that of soot (dingy shade of brown approaching nearly to black) …1835
n. 2. a chimney-sweep …1859
• RAM OUT
vb. to exaggerate …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMP
adj. 1. wild, bold, wanton, unrestrained, rompish; full of rude health and spirits …1713 Sc.
adj. 2. riotous, boisterous, disorderly, violent …1715 Sc.
adj. 3. rank, rancid, having a strong smell …1824 Sc.
n. 1. a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl: a high-spirited, independent woman, usually synonymous with a prostitute …a1450 obs.
n. 2. a severe wrench; a sprain …1783 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a fit of furious anger; passion …1798
n. 4. any form of swindle or fraud; a swindle or racket involving charging exorbitant prices …1812 sl.
n. 5. a romp, a scuffle; a boisterous struggle …1818 Sc.
n. 6. a shirt ..1845 Sc.
n. 7. a racecourse swindler; hence, any swindler …L19 sl.
n. 8. a curve …1892 Eng. dial.
n. 9. a romp; a tomboy …1896 Sc.
n. 10. a spree, a boisterous good time …L19 sl.
n. 11. a search of a prisoner or prison cell; conducted to search for contraband, though often carried out with much destruction in order to harass the prisoner …1919 Aust. sl.
n. 12. a public house bar counter; hence, a public house …1935 UK sl.
n. 13. a sloping outside cellar door …1966 Amer. dial.
n. 14. a search …1980s Aust. sl.
vb. 1. to clutch wildly at …a1300 obs.
vb. 2. to storm and rage with violent gestures; to act in a furious or threatening manner …c1386
vb. 3. to creep or crawl on the ground …1390 obs. rare
vb. 4. to climb, to scramble …1523 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 5. to behave licentiously; to go about in a loose, immodest way; to act in a promiscuous manner; to work as a prostitute …1530 obs.
vb. 6. to eat greedily or noisily …1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 7. to snatch, to tear, to pluck; to pull suddenly or sharply …1567 obs.
vb. 8. to remove or take away roughly …1570
vb. 9. to trample in triumph …1579-80 obs. rare
vb. 10. to behave with reckless or riotous violence …1627
vb. 11. to rush about in a wild or excited manner …1627
vb. 12. to romp, to frolic, to prance …1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 13. to defraud or swindle; to rob; to force one to pay a pretended bet …1812 sl.
vb. 14. to grow rapidly; of plants: to grow luxuriantly …1820 Eng. dial.
vb. 15. to rage violently; to use violent language; of pain: to rage …1827 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 16. to sail swiftly …1872
vb. 17. to stomp, to beat the floor with the feet…1886 Sc.
vb. 18. to force someone to pay their debts …L19 sl.
vb. 19. to boil vigorously …1901 Sc.
vb. 20. to eat with a gnashing sound …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 21. to outwit; to cheat …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 22. to sprain; to tear violently …Bk1905 Eng, dial.
vb. 23. to search a prisoner or a prison cell …1919 Aust. sl.
vb. 24. to play around, literally or figuratively …1930s Aust. & W. Indies sl.
vb. 25. to tease, to banter, to trick …1980s Black British sl.
vb. 26. to pretend …2000 UK sl.
• RAMPACIOUS
adj. 1. 1837 – lively, spirited, boisterous; wild, unruly, outrageous; rampageous
adj. 2. 1837 – crazy, eccentric → sl.
• RAMPADGEON
n. a furious, boisterous, or quarrelsome fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGEOUS
adj. 1. violent; unruly; boisterous, noisy, disorderly …1822
adj. 2. angry, furious …1859 Sc. & Eng, dial.
adj. 3. outrageous, obstreperous …1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGEOUSLY
adv. recklessly, riotously …1840
• RAMPAGEOUSNESS
n. reckless or riotous behaviour …1883
• RAMPAGER
n. a restless, romping person; one who prances about furiously; a boisterous or quarrelsome person …1879 Sc.
• RAMPAGEROUS
adj. 1. angry, furious …1890 Eng, dial.
adj. 2. an intensifier, as a lot of rampagerous damage …1891 Eng. dial.
adj. 3. boisterous, noisy, disorderly …1890 Eng. dial.
adj. 4. outrageous, obstreperous …1890 Eng. dial.
• RAMPAGINOUS
adj. furious, angry, violent, wild, unruly, obstreperous, boisterous, noisy, disorderly, outrageous …1822 Sc.
• RAMPAGIOUS
adj. 1. violent; unruly; boisterous …1822
adj. 2. glaring, outrageous …1889
• RAMPALLIAN
n. a ruffian, a scoundrel, a villain …L16
• RAMPALLION
n. 1. a ruffian, a villain, a scoundrel, a rogue, a knave, a rascal …1593 obs.
n. 2. a female rampallion, knave, rogue, rascal …1602 obs.
• RAMPANCY
n. 1. the condition of being rampant; violent action; fierceness …1664
n. 2. lasciviousness, lust …1699
• RAMP AND RAVE
vb. to be mad with passion …Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMP AND ROVE
vb. to be in a state of almost unbearable pain …Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMPANT
adj. 1. of a fierce disposition …1387
adj. 2. violent and extravagant in action, opinion, etc. …1628
adj. 3. lustful, lascivious; vicious …c1680 obs.
adj. 4. extremely painful, agonizing …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. a bold, vulgar, ill-behaved woman or girl; an impudent female …1671 obs. rare
• RAMPANTLY
adv. with reckless or riotous violence …1426
• RAMPANTUS
adj. overbearing …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
• RAMPART
n. 1. a high road …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the curbstone of a footpath …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPASH
adv. in a violent or energetic manner …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. to set to work in a violent, energetic manner …1896 Eng. dial.
• RAM PASTURE
n. a bunkhouse or dormitory for men …1934 Amer. dial.
• RAMP DOOR
n. a sloping outside cellar door …1966 Amer. dial.
• RAMPED
adj. drunk …1992 US students’ sl.
• RAMPELTER
n. a big lie …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPEN
vb. to force, to ram …a1300 obs. rare
• RAMPER
adj. playful …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 1. one who initiates a new prisoner by robbing them of their possessions …E19 UK prison sl.
n. 2. one who claimed to have made bets to bookmakers, and hustled and surrounded them if they refused to pay …1819
n. 3. a raised road through a marsh or bog; a raised footway; a high road …1890 Eng. dial.
n. 4. a street thug, a hooligan …L19 sl.
n. 5. a noisy, stamping fellow; one who acts violently or destructively …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. to rush about; to act violently …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPICK
adj. of a tree or bough: partially decayed or dead; bare of leaves or twigs …1593 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• RAMPIKE
n. a decaying or dead tree; a spiky stump or stem of a tree …1865 Eng. & Amer. dial.
• RAMPING
adj. 1. high-spirited; promiscuous …M15
adj. 2. creeping, crawling …c1440 obs. rare
adj. 3. of persons, their actions, etc.: violent, extravagant, unrestrained, excessive …1483
adj. 4. of plants: climbing, clasping …1578 obs. rare
adj. 5. romping, frolicking, frolicsome …1697 obs.
adj. 6. tall; quickly or luxuriantly growing …1821 Eng. dial.
adj. 7. raging; distracted; raving; eager …1892 Sc.
adj. 8. an intensifier, as in ‘ramping good’ ….Bk1905 Eng. dial.
adv. 1. extremely, very much …E19 sl.
adv. 2. exuberantly …1886 rare
n. 1. the act of raging in fury …1656
n. 2. a frolicking, romping …1657 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 3. a defrauding, or swindling; cheating, fraud …1830
n. 4. a crazy longing …Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMPING-MAD
adj. 1. furiously angry …1896 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. noisily drunk …B1900 sl.
• RAMPION
n. a stick, a cudgel …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPIRE
n. 1. a defender, a warrior …1555 obs.
n. 2. a dam, a barrier …1586 obs.
n. 3. a raised road or way; the highway …1848 Eng. dial.
vb. to fix or establish firmly …1555 obs. rare
• RAMPISH
adj. giving to romping or frolicking …1530 obs. rare
• RAMPLE
vb. 1. to romp, to scramble …1873 Sc.
vb. 2. to stomp noisily with the feet by way of applause …1893 Sc.
• RAMPLER
adj. rowdy, devil-may-care …1822 Sc.
n. a rowdy, devil-may-care, roving lad …1889 Sc.
• RAMPLISH
vb. to cover …1494 obs. rare
• RAMPLOR
adj. roving, unsettled, restless …1821 Sc.
n. a gay, roving fellow …1822 Sc.
• RAMPLOSITY
n. a boisterousness, roving disposition …1887 Sc.
• RAMPOOCH
vb. to seize a person by his arms and legs and to ram his buttock forcibly against a tree or post …1923 Amer. dial.
• RAMP-RIDER
n. a rank rider, a highwayman …a1800 Sc.
• RAMPS
n. 1. romps, frolics …1747 obs. rare
n. 2. a reckless, dissipated person; a noisy, merry, boisterous fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a faked-up argument or similar commotion intended to disguise a swindle or confidence trick …1910s sl.
• RAMP-SCUTTLE
n. a romp; a tomboy …Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMPSE
vb. to rush or roam about, esp. in search of sexual encounters; to gad about, to gallivant …1929 Amer. dial.
• RAMPSING
adj. tall; awkward, ungainly …1873 Eng. dial.
• RAMPSMAN
n. someone who commits robbery with violence …1859 sl.
• RAMPTIOUS
adj. violent and reckless in behaviour; wild, active, dangerous; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate …1953 Amer. dial.
• RAMP UP
vb. to heap up …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• RAMPY
adj. romping …1896 Sc.
• RAM-RACE
adj. headstrong, precipitate, impetuous …1900 Sc.
n. 1. a precipitate, headlong rush, like that of a ram …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a short run preparatory to a jump …1695 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. a rough game among boys: one catches his neighbour by the neck of the jacket and breech of the trousers, and rushes him forward as fast as he can run; sometimes given as a punishment …Bk1905 Sc.
• RAMRAID
n. a method of stealing from shops whereby the thief steals a car, uses it as a battering ram to gain entry into the shop-front, smashing it’s way through any defenses; the car is filled with loot, then driven away …1991 sl.
vb. to rob a premises, using a vehicle as a battering ram and driving it through a window or wall …1987 UK sl.
• RAMRAIDER
n. 1. one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot …1991 sl.
n. 2. a powerful amphetamine sulphate …1990s UK sl.
• RAM-RAIDING
n. a method of robbery that utilizes a motor vehicle as a battering ram to gain entry, often using the vehicle to make off with stolen goods …1991 UK sl.
• RAM-RIDING
n. a punishment, esp. inflicted on married people convicted of immorality: a cart in which were represented burlesque representatives of the erring pair, was drawn through the village, attended by a procession of men and boys, on donkeys, blowing horns; the custom was often the occasion of much riotous behaviour …1891 Eng. dial.
• RAMROD
n. 1. the penis …Urquhart usage
n. 2. a landlord …M19 sl.
n. 3. a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian …1880 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a school teacher …1936 Amer. dial.
vb.1. to boss, to manage, esp. in a strictly disciplined way; to be a strict disciplinarian or taskmaster …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to force, deceive, or overpersuade one into doing something …1952 Amer. dial.
• RAMRODDER
n. 1. a boss, a superintendent, a foreman, a person in charge, esp. one who is a rigid disciplinarian …1970 Amer. dial.
n. 2. one who steals from shops by smashing a stolen car into the shop-front, then driving away with the car filled with loot …1990s sl.
• RAMRODDY
adj. stiff, unbending …1886 nonce word
• RAMRODISM
n. military stiffness …1880 nonce word
• THE RAMS
n. delirium tremens …1967 Amer. dial.
• RAMSACK
vb. 1. to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage …1837 Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to romp; to turn topsy-turvy …1892 Eng. dial.
• RAMSACKING
adj. riotous, brawling …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. joking, rough usage …1897 Eng. dial.
• RAM-SAMMY
n. 1. 1891 – a family quarrel; a noisy gathering; a commotion, a riotous party → Eng. dial.
n. 2. ..L19 – (‘Ramsammy’) any Hindu, esp. Indian coolies → sl., orig. Indian Army
• RAMSASSPATORIOUS
adj. 1916 – excited, anxious, impatient → Amer. dial.
• RAMSCALLION
n. 1733 – an offensively dirty person; a vagrant of low, rude, worthless habits; a mean wretched fellow → chiefly N. Eng. dial.
• RAM’S-CAT
n. 1827 – a tomcat → Eng. dial.
• RAM’S CLAWS
n. 1900 – a buttercup → Amer. dial.
• RAMSCOOTER
n. 1. 1921 – a clumsy fellow → Sc.
n. 2. 1922 – a state of dither or distracted activity → Sc.
vb. 1. 1887 – to set about with violence, to drub, to trounce, to drive off in terror → Sc.
vb. 2. 1905 – to drench with water from a squirt or syringe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• RAMSCOOTRIFY
vb. 1. 1887 – to set about with violence, to beat up, to drub, to trounce, to drive off in terror → Sc.
vb. 2. ..20C – to defeat verbally → Irish sl.
• RAMSCULLION
n. 1866 – an offensively dirty person; a worthless wretch; a rascal; a wild, reckless fellow; a vagabond, a vagrant; a ne’er-do-well → Sc. obs.
• RAMSGATE (SAND)
n. 1992 – the hand → UK rhyming sl.
• RAMSH
adj. 1. 1808 – of edibles: rank or unpleasant to the palate, coarse; harsh to the taste; rank, foul; of alcohol: strong, fiery .→ Sc.
adj. 2. 1871 – brusque, testy → Sc.
n. 1825 – a munch, a single act of chewing coarse or rank food, as raw vegetables → Sc.
vb. 1825 – to eat voraciously and noisily; to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth → Sc.
• RAMSHACK
adj. 1941 – run-down, in disrepair → Amer. dial.
n. 1. 1905 – a good-for-nothing fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. 1966 – a run-down or makeshift house → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1901 – to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1964 – to wreck; to put out of shape or order → Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKELDY
adj. 1911 – dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down → Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKERING
adj. 1. 1905 – rickety, dilapidated → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
adj. 2. 1905 – worthless, idle, unsteady → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
• RAMSHACKETTY
adj. 1841 – worthless, unsteady, dissipated → Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLE
adj. 1. 1830 – loose and shaky as if ready to fall to pieces; rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, in disorder; orig. said chiefly of carriages and houses
adj. 2. 1855 – of persons, actions, etc.: unsteady, irregular, disorderly, rude → chiefly Eng. dial.
adj. 3. 1882 – of persons: unkempt, untidy, rough → Sc.
adj. 4. 1889 – in a state of ill health, weak
adj. 5. 1923 – difficult to utter or repeat → Sc.
n. 1. 1824 – a thoughtless or reckless fellow → Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1865 – something rickety or tumbledown
n. 3. 1909 – a run-down or makeshift house → Amer. dial.
vb. 1. 1802 – to ransack, to search for closely; to plunder → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
vb. 2. 1825 – to throw into confusion; to reduce to a state of disorder, to wreck → Sc.
• RAMSHACKLED
adj. 1. 1675 – dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair, rickety, tumbledown
adj. 2. 1825 – deformed → Sc.
adj. 3. 1905 – confused and obstructed in motion, action, or intention → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
adj. 4. 1990 – (as ‘Ram-shackled’) subjected to anal intercourse, usually by a person with a large penis → sl.
• RAMSHACKLETY
adj. 1905 – dilapidated, in a state of disrepair, run-down → Amer. dial.
• RAMSHACKLEY
adj. 1895 – rickety → Eng. dial.
• RAMSHACKLING
adj. 1. 1868 – rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated
adj. 2. 1905 – worthless; idle; unsteady → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• RAMSHACKLY
adj. 1857 – rickety, tumbledown, dilapidated, run-down, in a state of disrepair
• RAMSHAG
vb. 1959 – to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → Amer. dial.
• RAMSHANKLING
adj. 1905 – idle, worthless → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• RAM-SHEEP
n. 1797 – the common sheep → obs.
• RAMSHEUCHET
adj. 1876 – dishevelled → Sc.
• RAM’S HORN
adj. 1910 – noisy → sl.
n. 1910 – someone who speaks very loudly → sl.
• RAMSKEERIE
adj. 1824 – very restive and lustful, as of a ram → Sc.
n. 1880 – a wild, hilarious romp; one who is almost hysterical as a result of this → Sc.
• RAMSKERIE
adj. 1824 – restive; lustful → Sc. obs.
• RAM SKIN
n. E19 – a bailiff → Anglo-Irish
• RAMSKITTLE
vb. 1952 – to trounce, to set about someone with violence → Sc.
• RAM-SKULLED
adj. 1793 – thick in the skull, stupid, dense → Sc.
• RAM-SKYT
n. 1460 – a term of abuse → obs.
• RAM’S PASTURE
n. 1954 – in oil drilling: non-productive land → US sl.
• RAMSQUADDLE
adj. .M19 – drunk → US sl.
vb. 1. 1830 – to beat, to thrash → Amer. dial.
vb. 2. .M19 – to drink heavily → sl.
vb. 3. .M19 – to overcome, to use up → US sl.
• RAMSQUEETER
n. 1922 – a state of dither or distracted activity → Sc.
• RAMSTACKER
n. 1825 – a blundering, awkward, loutish fellow → Sc. obs.
vb. 1905 – to act in a clumsy, awkward, blundering manner → Sc. (Bk.)
• RAMSTACKERIN
adj. 1825 – behaving in a blundering, awkward, loutish manner → Sc. obs.
• RAMSTAGEOUS
adj. 1811 – rough, coarse, uncouth → Sc.
• RAMSTALKER
n. 1905 – a clumsy, awkward, blundering fellow → Sc. (Bk.)
• RAM-STAM
adj. 1. 1786 – precipitate, headstrong, hasty, impetuous, reckless → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
adj. 2. ..19C – headlong, precipitate → Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. 1. 1735 – in a headlong, precipitate manner; recklessly, rashly, rudely; in confusion → Sc. & Eng. dial.
adv. 2. ..19C – at random → Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 1. 1790 – headstrong, impetuous action; furious rush, precipitateness → Sc.
n. 2. 1823 – a giddy, forward, impetuous, reckless person → Sc.
n. 3. 1905 – the strongest home-brewed beer → Sc. (Bk.)
vb. 1816 – to walk, rush or blunder about in a headlong, impetuous manner → Sc.
• RAMSTAM-LIKE
adv. 1889 – as with a headlong rush → Sc.
• RAMSTAMPHISH
adj. 1818 – rough, blunt, unrefined; unceremonious; forward and noisy → Sc.
• RAMSTOORIE
adj. 1949 – of a vigorous but not meticulous worker: slapdash, rough and ready → Sc.
vb. 1960 – to drub, to trounce, to set about with violence → Sc.
• RAMSTOUGAR
adj. 1. 1825 – rough, with the implication of strength → Sc.
adj. 2. 1825 – irresponsible, harebrained, heedless → Sc.
adj. 3. 1838 – of a woman: bold, masculine → Sc.
adj. 4. 1864 – rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome → Sc.
adj. 5. 1905 – austere → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
• RAMSTOUGEROUS
adj. 1. 1864 – rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome → Sc.
adj. 2. 1905 – austere → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
adj. 3. 1905 – heedless, harebrained → Sc. obs.
• RAMSTRANG
adj. 1905 – headlong, obstinate, stiff-necked → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• RAMSTUDIOUS
adj. 1847 – violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGENOUS
adj. 1847 – violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGEROUS
adj. 1864 – rough in manner, boisterous, riotous, disorderly; quarrelsome → Sc.
• RAMSTUGGEN
n. 1923 – a rough-mannered person → Sc.
• RAMSTUGINOUS
adj. 1847 – violent and reckless in behaviour; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
• RAMSTUGIOUS
adj. 1. 1811 – violent and reckless in behaviour; rough and strong, coarse, uncouth; rambunctious, outrageous, quarrelsome, passionate → Sc. & Amer. dial.
adj. 2. 1905 – austere → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
adj. 3. 1905 – heedless, harebrained → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
• RAMSTUJOUS
adj. 1847 – violent and reckless in behaviour; outrageous, rambunctious, quarrelsome, passionate → Amer. dial.
• RAM-TAM
adv. 1735 – in a headlong, precipitate manner; rashly, rudely; • in confusion → Sc.
• RAMTANGLEMENT
n. 1825 – confusion, disorder → Sc.
• RAM TUBE
n. 1970 – in a drag racing car: an injector that forces air into a carburettor → US sl.
• RAMUL UP
vb. 1905 – to eat greedily → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• RAM UP
adj. 1980 – full → Black British sl.
vb. 1970 – to fill up, to crowd → Black British sl.
• RAMUSCLE
n. 1677 – a small branch → obs.
• RAMVERSE
vb. 1. 1412 – to overturn, to overthrow → obs.
vb. 2. 1593 – to capsize, to upset → obs.
vb. 3. 1632 – to reverse, to withdraw; to remove, to take away → obs.
• RAMVERT
vb. 1632 – to reverse, to withdraw → obs.
• RAMWARD
adv. 1883 – to the right → Eng. dial.
• RAMZY
adj. 1970 – having a damp smell → Amer. dial.
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