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Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Ramp

/(rămp)/ · IPA /ɹæmp/
01 v. i. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
imp. & p. p. Ramped; p. pr. & vb. n. Ramping
  1. 1.
    To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
  2. 2.
    To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
    “Their bridles they would champ, And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.” Spenser.
  3. 3.
    To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
    “With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, . . . and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.” Ray.
02 n. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
  1. 1.
    A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
    “The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp.” Milton.
  2. 2.
    A highwayman; a robber.[Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.
    A romping woman; a prostitute.[Obs.]
  4. 4.
    Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.(Arch.)
  5. 5.
    An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.(Fort.)