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Ramped vs Romped - What's the difference?

ramped | romped |

As verbs the difference between ramped and romped

is that ramped is (ramp) while romped is (romp).

ramped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ramp)
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    ramp

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) rampe, back-formation of (etyl) ramper, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
  • A road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
  • (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport
  • (aviation) A place where an aircraft parks, next to a terminal, for loading and unloading (see also apron)
  • (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
  • A speed bump
  • Derived terms

    * boat ramp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To behave violently; to rage.
  • To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
  • * Spenser
  • Their bridles they would champ, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp .
  • To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
  • * Ray
  • With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
  • To stand in a rampant position. (rfex)
  • To change value, often at a steady rate
  • * 2007 , Sean Meyn, Control Techniques for Complex Networks (page 285)
  • If Q(t)'' < ''qp'' then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that ''Q(t) does not exceed this threshold.
  • * 2011 , Sheng Liu, Yong Liu, Modeling and Simulation for Microelectronic Packaging Assembly
  • The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model.

    Derived terms

    * ramp up

    Etymology 2

    See ramson.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An American plant, , related to the onion; a wild leek.
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  • (Appalachia) A promiscuous man or woman; a general insult for a worthless person.
  • Synonyms
    * (Allium triococcum) ramps, rams, ramson, ramsons, wild leek

    See also

    * buckram

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    romped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (romp)
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    romp

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
  • * When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
  • (US) (Often used with down ) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
  • * If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds.
  • * Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak.
  • To win easily.
  • * England romped to an easy win over Australia.
  • * 2014 , , " Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
  • Ronald Koeman collected that prize in the run-up to this game, and then watched his team romp to their biggest victory for nearly a century, inflicting a defeat that Sunderland will struggle to forget.
  • (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
  • (slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
  • * Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in )
  • (archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.
  • Derived terms

    * romper suit * romp home * rompers * rompy * romper room * romping good

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