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ramp

UK/ɹæmp/ US/ˈræmp/ fairly common slang us
noun (3) verb (5)

noun

1.

an inclined surface or roadway that moves traffic from one level to another

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2.
3.

a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft

verb

1.

behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

Synonyms
2.

furnish with a ramp

  • “The ramped auditorium”
3.

be rampant

  • “the lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction”
4.

creep up -- used especially of plants

  • “The roses ramped over the wall”
5.

stand with arms or forelegs raised, as if menacing

Origin

From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp. Akin also to Old English ġehrimpan (“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.

Phrases

  • banker's ramp
  • boat ramp
  • exit ramp
  • ghost ramp
  • jump ramp
  • moving ramp
  • parking ramp
  • ramp along
  • ramp ceremony
  • ramp up

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