ramrod

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UK/ˈɹæmɹɒd/US/ˈɹæmɹɑd/

noun

Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.

“That new project manager is just the one to ramrod this through to completion.”

Similar
gunstick
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Meanings

nounramrod (plural ramrods)

plural ramrods

  1. engineeringDevice used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.

    Synonyms: gunstick

  2. Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
  3. slangAn erect penis.

    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
verbramrod (third-person singular simple present ramrods, present participle ramrodding, simple past and past participle ramrodded)

present singular third person ramrods · participle present ramrodding · participle past ramrodded · past ramrodded

  1. transitiveTo force; to coerce.

    That new project manager is just the one to ramrod this through to completion.

  2. broadlyusually passive voiceTo force to remain upright.

    He bristled and sat there, motionless, as if ramrodded.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDevice used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.

Similar
gunstick
Also see
penis

Origin

From ram + rod.

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Translations

Arabic مِدَكّ
  • مِدَكّ (midakk)device used with early firearms
Bulgarian шо́мпол
  • шо́мпол (šómpol)device used with early firearms
Catalan baqueta, atacador
  • baquetadevice used with early firearms
  • atacadordevice used with early firearms
  • burxadevice used with early firearms
Chinese Mandarin 搠杖
  • 搠杖 (shuòzhàng)device used with early firearms
Danish ladestok
  • ladestokdevice used with early firearms
Dutch laadstok, stamper
  • laadstokdevice used with early firearms
  • stamperdevice used with early firearms
Finnish latauspuikko, painaa
  • latauspuikkodevice used with early firearms
  • painaato force
  • puskeato force
French baguette
  • baguettedevice used with early firearms
German Ladestock, Ladstecke
  • Ladestockdevice used with early firearms
  • Ladsteckedevice used with early firearms
  • Ladsteckendevice used with early firearms
  • Ladstabdevice used with early firearms
Hebrew מַתְחֵב, מָדוֹךְ
  • מַתְחֵב (matkhév)device used with early firearms
  • מָדוֹךְ (madókh)device used with early firearms
Indonesian pelantak
  • pelantakdevice used with early firearms
Italian bacchetta
  • bacchettadevice used with early firearms
Korean 꽂을대
  • 꽂을대 (kkojeuldae)device used with early firearms
Lithuanian grūstuvas
  • grūstuvasdevice used with early firearms
Malay pelantak, ramrud
  • pelantakdevice used with early firearms
  • ramruddevice used with early firearms
Polish stempel, sztępel
  • stempeldevice used with early firearms
  • sztępeldevice used with early firearms
Russian шо́мпол
  • шо́мпол (šómpol)device used with early firearms
Spanish baqueta
  • baquetadevice used with early firearms
Swedish laddstake, laddstock
  • laddstakedevice used with early firearms
  • laddstockdevice used with early firearms
Turkish harbi
  • harbidevice used with early firearms
Ukrainian шо́мпол
  • шо́мпол (šómpol)device used with early firearms
Welsh ffon wthio
  • ffon wthiodevice used with early firearms
Cite this entry
APA

ramrod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramrod

MLA

“ramrod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramrod. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ramrod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramrod.

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