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Ramrod

//ˈɹæmɹɒd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
  2. 2
    a rod used to ram the charge into a muzzle-loading firearm wordnet
  3. 3
    Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
  4. 4
    a rod used to clean the barrel of a firearm wordnet
  5. 5
    An erect penis. slang

    "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."

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  1. 6
    a harshly demanding overseer wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To force. transitive

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ram + rod.

Etymology 2

From ram + rod.

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