Definitions for the word "ramp" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A highwayman; a robber.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A romping woman; a prostitute.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 slope, esp. Joining two levels of ground, floor, etc. 2 movable stairs for entering or leaving an aircraft. 3 transverse ridge in a road making vehicles slow down. v. 1 furnish or build with a ramp. 2 a assume a threatening posture. B (often foll. By about) storm, rage. [french ramper crawl]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
11. slang
to hustle, to rob with violence, to levy blackmail in a
ferocious manner; to extort by means of threats. RAMPING is generally
done in gangs.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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