ramp

Meaning

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.

Concepts

ramp

slope

rage

storm

Allium tricoccum

wild leek

embankment

incline

extortion

speed hump

apron

gangway

threaten

bridge

elevated road

viaduct

way

landing

log dump

ladder

fury

benching

bounce

bound

jerk

jig

prance

rebound

recoil

spring

start

perk

descent

rampway

binding clip

jointing clamp

splicing fitting

rear

blare

blare out

blast

blat out

bluster

fulminate

rant

thunder

yawp

forestage

proscenium

rampage

ramble

straggle

access ramp

approach ramp

landing apron

exit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹæmp/

Etymology

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.