ram
Rancid; offensive in smell or tasteRancid; offensive in smell or taste.
» The police used a battering ram to break down the door.
Die Polizei benutzte einen Rammbock, um die Tür aufzubrechen. — Hans_Adler
Полиция использовала таран, чтобы выбить дверь. — odexed
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1 senses(Northern England)Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.
Examples
37 sentencesThe police used a battering ram to break down the door.
ruПолиция использовала таран, чтобы выбить дверь. — odexed
deDie Polizei benutzte einen Rammbock, um die Tür aufzubrechen. — Hans_Adler
I don't have enough RAM.
У мене недостатньо оперативної пам'яті. — deniko
ruУ меня недостаточно оперативной памяти. — odexed
deIch habe nicht genug Arbeitsspeicher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Alberto tried to ram the door.
The big ship rammed a fishing boat.
deDas große Schiff rammte ein Fischerboot. — al_ex_an_der
Ziri says he doesn't need a ram.
Origin
Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“Likely from Old Norse ramr, rammr (“strong, rank, bitter”), from Proto-Germanic *rammaz (“strong, overbearing; acrid, rank”), perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above. Compare Scots ram (“a rank odour”). Compare also Middle English rammish (“rank, offensive in smell”).
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Forms
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1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.