ram

Meaning

Noun

1. A male sheep, typically uncastrated.
2. A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.
3. (historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
4. (historical) A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships.
5. A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.
6. An act of ramming.
7. A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
3. (transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
4. (also, figuratively, transitive) To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
5. (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
6. (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.

Adj

Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.

Synonyms

sheep

🐑

male sheep

pound

💷

tup

thrust

cram

tamp

he-goat

butt

stuff

force

jam

hit

drive

run into

bump

poke

rammer

knock

plunger

🪠

batter

ram down

strike

shove

ramming

press

battering ram

jab

gore

push

collide

chock up

spur

shoot

shoulder

squeeze

bunt

ewe

beat

buffet

stick

bang

prod

piledriver

lamb

🐑

piston

jampack

plunge

propel

horn

Translations

bélier

🐏

carnero

🐑

Widder

🐏

montone

🐏

ariete

🐏

carneiro

🐏

ram

🐏

κριάρι

rammen

🐏

koç

🐏

aries

🐏

morueco

🐏

Schafbock

🐏

κριός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹæm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ram

Inherited from Old English: ramm

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Rom

Cognate with Dutch: ram

Cognate with German: Ramm

Cognate with Danish: ram

Cognate with Swedish: ram

Cognate with Faroese: ramur

Cognate with Icelandic: rammur

Inherited from Middle English: rammen

Cognate with Old High German: rammen

Cognate with Scots: ram

Cognate with Middle English: rammish

In summary

From Middle English ram, rom, ramme, from Old English ramm (“ram”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“ram”), possibly from *rammaz (“strong”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rom (“ram”), Dutch ram (“a male sheep”), German Ramm, Ramme (“ram”). Possibly akin also to Danish ram (“sharp; acrid; rank”), Swedish ram (“strong; perfect”), Faroese ramur (“strong; competent”), Icelandic rammur (“strong; sturdy”).