1
a
: a male sheep
b
capitalized
: aries
2
a
b
: a warship with a heavy beak at the prow for piercing an enemy ship
3
: any of various guided pieces for exerting pressure or for driving or forcing something by impact: such as
a
: the plunger of a hydrostatic press or force pump
b
: the weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver
rammed; ramming
1
: to force in by or as if by driving
3
: to force passage or acceptance of
ram home an idea
4
: to strike against violently
rammer
noun
: a computer memory on which data can be both read and written and on which the location of data does not affect the speed of its retrieval
especially
: RAM that acts as the main storage available to the user for programs and data
called also random-access memory
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Verb
They deliberately rammed my car from behind.
The car slid and rammed against the wall.
He deliberately rammed his car into mine.
She rammed her fist against the wall in anger.
She rammed the cork into the barrel.
He opened the chute and rammed the clothes down.
Noun (2)
My computer is slow because it needs more RAM.
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Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Then, one of the carriages snaps out of place and rams into another.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Each opening gets rammed right through.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Similarly, its bunny ears are also the result of ram pressure and distortion.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2025
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Noun
Fans can get up close to the rams, dinosaur and rattlesnake and majestic as well as two new sculptures that will go to Borrego Springs in November.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Then, one of the carriages snaps out of place and rams into another.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
Federal vehicle moved more than 1,000 miles away The federal vehicle that American citizen Marimar Martinez is accused of ramming earlier this month before she was shot by a CBP agent has been moved more than 1,000 miles away to Maine, a Department of Justice attorney said at a Thursday hearing.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Each opening gets rammed right through.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
Images shared by the Sheriff's Office showed horses with their ribs showing and a ram with matted hair.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Similarly, its bunny ears are also the result of ram pressure and distortion.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2025
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ram. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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ram
1 of 3 noun1
: a male sheep
2
ram
2 of 3 verb
rammed; ramming
1
: to strike or strike against with violence : crash
2
: to force in, down, or through by or as if by driving or pressing
rammer
noun
Medical Definition
ram
noun
: a male sheep
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