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ram-jamming

ram-jamming is the present participle and gerund of ram-jam.

Meaning of ram-jam

Verb

ram-jam (third-person singular simple present ram-jams, present participle ram-jamming, simple past and past participle ram-jammed)

  1. To roughly force into a small space or difficult position.
    • Carburetors, too, are poorly built to stand the racket and ram-jamming they meet.1913, Farm Equipment Dealer - Volume 11, page 326
  2. To travel about with no fixed destination.
    • A grand duke, or a lesser titled personage, in a car goes ram-jamming over Moscow at 40 miles an hour up, with no one to say him nay.1909, Around the World with Taft

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Questions about ram-jamming

What is ram-jamming the present participle and gerund of?
Ram-jamming is the present participle and gerund of ram-jam.

Words near ram-jamming in the dictionary

  1. ram-cat
  2. ram-cats
  3. ram-don
  4. ram-jam
  5. ram-jammed
  6. ram-jamming
  7. ram-jams
  8. RAM-like
  9. ram-pack
  10. ram-packed
  11. ram-packing

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