ramp
The English word “ramp” has 25 meanings listed here.
- An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
- An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
- A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
- A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
- A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
- A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
- A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
- A scale of values.
- A speed bump.
- An act of violent robbery.
- A deliberate swindle or fraud.
- A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
- A leap or bound.
- A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
- To behave violently; to rage.
- To swindle or rob violently.
- To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
- To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
- To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
- To stand in a rampant position.
- To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
- To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.
- Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.
- A promiscuous man or woman.
- A worthless person.
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