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ramp

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Noun

  1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  2. An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  3. A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
  4. A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
  5. A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
  6. A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
  7. A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
  8. A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  9. A scale of values.
  10. A speed bump.
  11. An act of violent robbery.
  12. A deliberate swindle or fraud.
  13. A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
  14. A leap or bound.
  15. A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
  16. An American plant, Allium tricoccum, related to the onion; a wild leek.
  17. A promiscuous man or woman.
  18. A worthless person.

Verb

  1. To behave violently; to rage.
  2. To swindle or rob violently.
  3. To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
  4. To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
  5. To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
  6. To stand in a rampant position.
  7. To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
  8. To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from German.

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