Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for ramming, or driving by impact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An instrument for driving anything with force.
- noun A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod.
- noun (Founding) An implement for pounding the sand of a mold to render it compact.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to
ram , aramrod . - noun One who
rams .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tool for driving something with force
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Examples
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Then we gied a great 'rammer' on the panels, an 'ye cam' geyan fast to catch us.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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I've carried a shovel, crowbar, heavy "rammer," a dozen insulators on an average (strung round my shoulders with raw flax) - to say nothing of soldiering kit, tucker-bag, billy and climbing spurs -- all day on a telegraph line in rough country in New Zealand, and in places where a man had to manage his load with one hand and help himself climb with the other; and I've helped hump and drag telegraph-poles up cliffs and sidings where the horses couldn't go.
Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894
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She was another rammer, but with a style all her own.
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So far in Alabama's rammer jammer of a season, there's no need to look further than up front to understand why the Crimson Tide have the Southeastern Conference's top rushing offense.
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I used an RSM rammer and officer's sword and made the trail spike from a spare piece of wire that I had in my bits box.
Suren British Artillery Crew Der Alte Fritz 2009
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You can also get a vibrating plate compactor, a rammer and a hand guide idler.
Archive 2007-03-01 Michael James 2007
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You can also get a vibrating plate compactor, a rammer and a hand guide idler.
Workcars | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2007
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I used an RSM rammer and officer's sword and made the trail spike from a spare piece of wire that I had in my bits box.
Archive 2009-03-01 Der Alte Fritz 2009
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Stadden AWI figures left to right XA2 "standing with rammer", XA6 "ball", and XA1 "officer" figures, painted by Der Alte Fritz.
Stadden 18th Century Artillery Crew Der Alte Fritz 2008
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Stadden AWI figures left to right XA2 "standing with rammer", XA6 "ball", and XA1 "officer" figures, painted by Der Alte Fritz.
Archive 2008-02-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008
chained_bear commented on the word rammer
The tool, or person who uses the tool, that tamps down the cartridge or shot in a cannon to prepare it for firing. Often the other end of a rammer (or ramrod) has a sponge on it for swabbing out the barrel after firing/before loading.
March 20, 2008