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→Translations: I refered this world(Teleut) Grammatika Altaysko yazika (Грамматика Алтайского языка 1869). |
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* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|immiit}} |
* Greenlandic: {{t|kl|immiit}} |
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* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַתְחֵב|m|tr=matkhev}}, {{t+|he|מָדוֹךְ|m|tr=madokh}} |
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַתְחֵב|m|tr=matkhev}}, {{t+|he|מָדוֹךְ|m|tr=madokh}} |
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* Italian: {{t+|it|bacchetta|f}} |
* Italian: {{t+|it|bacchetta|f}} |
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* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сүмбі|sc=Cyrl}} |
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сүмбі|sc=Cyrl}} |
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* Malay: {{t|ms|pelantak}}, {{t|ms|ramrud}} {{qualifier|obsolete}} |
* Malay: {{t|ms|pelantak}}, {{t|ms|ramrud}} {{qualifier|obsolete}} |
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* Polish: {{t|pl|sztępel|m}} |
* Polish: {{t|pl|sztępel|m}}, {{t+|pl|stempel|m}}, {{t|pl|sztępel|m}} {{qualifier|archaic}} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|шо́мпол|m}} |
* Russian: {{t+|ru|шо́мпол|m}} |
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* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|сӱме}} |
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|сӱме}} |
Revision as of 15:03, 1 March 2022
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ramrod (plural ramrods)
- (firearms) Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
- Synonym: gunstick
- Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
- (slang) An erect penis.
- 2009, Gina McQueen, Opposite Sex (page 78)
- Half a second after that, she had him totally pinned while he thrust at her crotch with his ramrod, going thud thud thud like a blind dog in a maze. Hitting everything but the entrance she craved.
- 2009, Gina McQueen, Opposite Sex (page 78)
Translations
device used with early firearms
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ranch or trail foreman
Verb
ramrod (third-person singular simple present ramrods, present participle ramrodding, simple past and past participle ramrodded)
- (transitive) To force.
- That new project manager is just the one to ramrod this through to completion.
Translations
See also
- wad-hook, packing-worm – rod for extracting charge from the gun