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ramming

ramming is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

ramming (plural rammings)

  1. A collision where something is rammed.
    • In the case of accidental ramming the conditions are different on the side of the rammer as well as on that of the rammee. Mr. Forster tells us that, in the case of accidental ramming, it is an unusual thing for the rammer, being a battleship, to do herself much harm1894, Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute page 107
    • […] extensive damage done to Royal Navy frigates by rammings by Iceland Coast Guard.2000, Patrick G. Coy, Lynne M. Woehrle, Social Conflicts and Collective Identities

Forms of ramming

pluralrammings

Words formed from ramming

Phrases with ramming

Questions about ramming

What does ramming mean?
Ramming means a collision where something is rammed.
What is ramming the present participle and gerund of?
Ramming is the present participle and gerund of ram.
What part of speech is ramming?
Ramming is a noun.
What is the plural of ramming?
The plural of ramming is rammings.

Words near ramming in the dictionary

  1. rammer
  2. rammerman
  3. rammermen
  4. rammers
  5. rammies
  6. ramming
  7. ramming home
  8. ramming something down someone's throat
  9. rammings
  10. rammish
  11. rammishness

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