EGAVE

ramrod

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
  2. noun Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
  3. noun An erect penis.
  4. verb To force; to coerce.
    That new project manager is just the one to ramrod this through to completion.
  5. verb To force to remain upright.
    He bristled and sat there, motionless, as if ramrodded.

Similar words

gunstick rocket launcher flash pan mouse gun-stick flashpan muzzleloader plunger hammer railgun

Often followed by

straight and of stiff in to posture was back

Word family

ramrodded ramrodding ramrods

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