ramp

Signification

Noun

1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
2. An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
3. A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
4. A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
5. A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
6. 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.
7. A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
8. A scale of values.
9. A speed bump.
10. (slang) An act of violent robbery.
11. (slang) A deliberate swindle or fraud.
12. (slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
13. (obsolete) A leap or bound.
14. A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.

Verb

1. To behave violently; to rage.
2. (slang) To swindle or rob violently.
3. (slang) To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
4. (obsolete) To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
5. (obsolete) To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
6. (obsolete) To stand in a rampant position.
7. To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
8. To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹæmp/

Étymologie

From French rampe, back-formation of Old French ramper, from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to contract oneself”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną.
Akin to Old English hrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple, rumple”), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa. More at rimple.