Meaning of Ramp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
2. A surname from German.
3. Any of species Allium tricoccum of plants related to the onion; a wild leek.
4. An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
5. A promiscuous man or woman.
   Appalachia, obsolete
6. A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
7. A worthless person.
   Appalachia, derogatory
8. A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
9. 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.
10. A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
11. 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.
12. A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
13. A scale of values.
14. A speed bump.
15. An act of violent robbery.
    slang
16. A deliberate swindle or fraud.
    slang
17. A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
    Australia, slang
18. A leap or bound.
    obsolete
19. A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.

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Examples

“He hit three ramps in a row to push⟳ his team near the opponents total.”

“The RGB model⟳ uses the color component of light⟳ sources in order⟳ to produce⟳ more realistic and pleasant results. Internal color representations are always based on a palette-based color ramp.”

“We have⟳ created a volume ramp. Play⟳ the section in the Timeline and listen⟳ to the volume change⟳.”

“We are surely not meant to think⟳ of the sense⟳ of “ramp” (from 1819) that means a deliberate swindle or fraud, such as announcing that you have⟳ done more tests than you actually have⟳ because a third were just posted out.”

“A ramp is a potently flavored wild scallion, a vegetable with staying power.”

“And yet in the very next Canto she appears an arrant Ramp and a Tomrigg;[…]”

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