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ramp1
noun
1 a sloping surface between two different levels, especially one which can be used instead of steps.
2 a set of movable stairs for entering and leaving an aircraft.
3 a low hump lying across a road, designed to slow traffic down.
4 a place where the level of the road surface changes or is uneven due to roadworks.
verb (ramped , ramping )
1 to provide with a ramp.
2 intr to slope from one level to another.
3 intr (often ramp around or about) to dash about in a wild, violent and threatening way.
[18c: from French ramper (said of an animal) to creep or rear]
ramper noun .
noun
1 a sloping surface between two different levels, especially one which can be used instead of steps.
2 a set of movable stairs for entering and leaving an aircraft.
3 a low hump lying across a road, designed to slow traffic down.
4 a place where the level of the road surface changes or is uneven due to roadworks.
verb (ramped , ramping )
1 to provide with a ramp.
2 intr to slope from one level to another.
3 intr (often ramp around or about) to dash about in a wild, violent and threatening way.
[18c: from French ramper (said of an animal) to creep or rear]
ramper noun .
ramp2
noun , slang a swindle, especially the exploitation of a special situation to increase the price of a commodity.
verb (ramped , ramping )
1 slang to rob or swindle.
2 commerce (usu ramp up) to increase greatly (the price of eg shares, etc), usually dishonestly and for financial advantage.
[19c in these senses; 16c, meaning -snatch-]
ramping noun the practice of causing large false increases in the prices of shares, etc by dishonest means.
noun , slang a swindle, especially the exploitation of a special situation to increase the price of a commodity.
verb (ramped , ramping )
1 slang to rob or swindle.
2 commerce (usu ramp up) to increase greatly (the price of eg shares, etc), usually dishonestly and for financial advantage.
[19c in these senses; 16c, meaning -snatch-]
ramping noun the practice of causing large false increases in the prices of shares, etc by dishonest means.
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