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rammed

rammed is the simple past and past participle of ram.

Meaning of ram

Verb

ram (third-person singular simple present rams, present participle ramming, simple past and past participle rammed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function.
    • The man, driving an SUV, then rammed the gate, according to police.
  2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
    • To build a sturdy fence, you have to ram the posts deep into the ground.
  3. (transitive) To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking.
    • After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.
  4. (also, figuratively, transitive) To force, cram or thrust (someone or something) into or through something.
    • I quickly rammed another charge down the barrel and took aim.
  5. (transitive) To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
    • They rammed the earth walls to make them more compact
  6. (slang) To thrust during sexual intercourse.
    • like feel a soft butt against their pelvis or ram a girl really hard with piston-like speed while she begs and screams for more1999, Mr.Web, Size Matters review by mr. web review Group: rec.arts.movies.erotica

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Adjective

rammed (comparative more rammed, superlative most rammed)

  1. (colloquial) Filled to capacity, especially with people.
    • Night has fallen since the performance began. There's a minor road right outside, behind the concert hall building, a yellow-lit cul-de-sac with a loading bay and some unattended trucks. There's a major road adjoining the minor road, rammed with stationary traffic. Some of the vehicles are, indeed...2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 141
    • The Park is absolutely rammed with people – I cannot imagine how it must be in other parts of the Festival that are traditionally the busiest. What does it look like by the Pyramid Stage? How intimidated would I be now?2010 June 29, Glastonbury.co.uk, Trader Tales
    Synonyms:
    crowded, packed

Synonyms of rammed

Forms of rammed

comparativemore rammed
superlativemost rammed

Words formed from rammed

Phrases with rammed

Questions about rammed

What does rammed mean?
Rammed means filled to capacity, especially with people.
What is rammed the simple past and past participle of?
Rammed is the simple past and past participle of ram.
What part of speech is rammed?
Rammed is an adjective.

Words near rammed in the dictionary

  1. ramlines
  2. Ramly burger
  3. Ramly burgers
  4. Ramm
  5. rammable
  6. rammed
  7. rammed earth
  8. rammed home
  9. rammed something down someone's throat
  10. rammed to the rafters
  11. rammee

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