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rammy

/ˈɹami/

rammy adjective: of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank. Also the alternative form of rambo.

Adjective

rammy (comparative more rammy, superlative most rammy)

  1. (UK, regional) Of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.
    • Galen takes exception at mutton, but without question he means that rammy mutton which is in Turkey and Asia Minor […], II.ii.1.1
  2. (US, colloquial) Frisky, lecherous.

Noun

rammy (plural rammies)

  1. (Scotland) A disorderly argument or disturbance; a fracas.

Also used as

rammy is also the alternative form of rambo.

Forms of rammy

Adjective
comparativemore rammy
superlativemost rammy
Noun
pluralrammies

Origin of rammy

From ram + -y.

Questions about rammy

What does rammy mean?
Rammy means of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.
What part of speech is rammy?
Rammy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce rammy?
Rammy is pronounced /ˈɹami/ (UK).

Words near rammy in the dictionary

  1. ramming something down someone's throat
  2. rammings
  3. rammish
  4. rammishness
  5. Ramms
  6. rammy
  7. Ramnarine
  8. Ramnarines
  9. Ramnath
  10. Ramnaths
  11. Ramnauth

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