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overram

overram verb: to seat (a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge) too far into the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking excessively.

Verb

overram (third-person singular simple present overrams, present participle overramming, simple past and past participle overrammed)

  1. (transitive) To seat (a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge) too far into the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking excessively.

Noun

overram (plural overrams)

  1. The incorrect seating of the charge of a firearm in this manner.

Forms of overram

Verb
third-person singular presentoverrams
present participleoverramming
past participleoverrammed
pastoverrammed
Noun
pluraloverrams

Origin of overram

From over- + ram.

Questions about overram

What does overram mean?
Overram means to seat (a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge) too far into the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking excessively.
What part of speech is overram?
Overram can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overram?
The past tense of overram is overrammed.

Words near overram in the dictionary

  1. overracks
  2. overrake
  3. overraked
  4. overrakes
  5. overraking
  6. overram
  7. overrammed
  8. overramming
  9. overrams
  10. overran
  11. overrang

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