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ramrod - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

ramrod (plural ramrods)

  • (firearms) Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
    • ✤ Synonym: gunstick
  • Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
  • (slang) An erect penis.
    • ✤ Half a second after that, she had him totally pinned while he thrust at her crotch with his ramrod, going thud thud thud like a blind dog in a maze. Hitting everything but the entrance she craved.1

Verb

ramrod (third-person singular simple present ramrods, present participle ramrodding, simple past and past participle ramrodded)

  • (transitive) To force; to coerce.
    • ✤ That new project manager is just the one to ramrod this through to completion.
  • (by extension, usually passive voice) To force to remain upright.
    • ✤ He bristled and sat there, motionless, as if ramrodded.

Etymology

From ram +‎ rod.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹæmɹɒd/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈɹæmɹɑd/
  • Audio (Australian): 🔊

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Footnotes

  1. 2009, Gina McQueen, Opposite Sex, page 78: ↩

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