Meaning

3 senses
  1. Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.

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  2. Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.

  3. (slang)An erect penis.

More definitions
  • a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm
  • a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm
  • a harshly demanding overseer

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
device used with early firearms:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device used with early firearms:

Origin

From ram + rod.

From ram + rod.

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Forms

plural: ramrods
Singularramrod
Pluralramrods

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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