Ram (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a male sheep.
  2. the constellation or sign of Aries.
  3. any of various devices for battering, crushing, driving, or forcing something, especially a battering ram.
  4. (formerly) a heavy beak or spur projecting from the bow of a warship for penetrating the hull of an enemy's ship.
  5. (formerly) a warship so equipped, especially one used primarily for ramming enemy vessels.
  6. the heavy weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver or the like.
  7. a piston, as on a hydraulic press.
  8. a reciprocating part of certain machine tools, as the toolholder of a slotter or shaper.
  9. hydraulic ram.
verb (used with object), rammed, ram·ming.
  1. to drive or force by heavy blows.
  2. to strike with great force; dash violently against: The car went out of control and rammed the truck.
  3. to cram; stuff: They rammed the gag into his mouth.
  4. to push firmly: to ram a bill through the Senate.
  5. to force (a charge) into a firearm, as with a ramrod.
noun Australian, Now Rare.
  1. a confidence man's associate who acts as a decoy; confederate; shill.
noun
  1. random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
abbreviation
  1. reverse annuity mortgage.
abbreviation
  1. Royal Academy of Music.
noun
  1. an uncastrated adult sheep
  2. a piston or moving plate, esp one driven hydraulically or pneumatically
  3. the falling weight of a pile driver or similar device
  4. short for battering ram
  5. a pointed projection in the stem of an ancient warship for puncturing the hull of enemy ships
  6. a warship equipped with a ram
  7. a sexually active man
verb rams, ramming or rammed
  1. to force or drive, as by heavy blows
  2. (of a moving object) to crash with force (against another object) or (of two moving objects) to collide in this way
  3. to stuff or cram (something into a hole, etc)
  4. to thrust violently
  5. to present (an idea, argument, etc) forcefully or aggressively (esp in the phrase ram (something) down someone's throat)
  6. to drive (a charge) into a firearm
noun
  1. the constellation Aries, the first sign of the zodiac
n acronym for computing
  1. random access memory: semiconductor memory in which all storage locations can be rapidly accessed in the same amount of time. It forms the main memory of a computer, used by applications to perform tasks while the device is operating
abbreviation for
  1. Royal Academy of Music
abbreviation for
  1. relative atomic mass
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