off-ramp

noun

ˈȯf-ˌramp 

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway

Examples of off-ramp in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No off-ramp for Republicans As the uptick in crude prices on Thursday and choppiness on Friday showed, a resolution to the nearly nine-month-long conflict is far from locked in. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026

One month later, Rundle raped and strangled 15-year-old LanciAnne Sorenson, whose body was found along an Interstate 80 off-ramp in Loomis. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

And over the same period, demand for transformers to work as off-ramps more than doubled, with costs increasing 80%. — Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

At Sunset Drive and the Palmetto Expressway southbound off-ramp, lanes will close. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for off-ramp

• decamp
• encamp
• headlamp
• preamp
• revamp
• timestamp
• amp
• champ
• clamp
• cramp
• damp
• gamp

Kids Definition

off-ramp

noun

ˈȯf-ˌramp

: a ramp by which one leaves a limited-access highway