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.

Equivalents

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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