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ramrod

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noun

ram·​rod ˈram-ˌräd How to pronounce ramrod (audio)
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: a rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm
2
: a cleaning rod for small arms
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ramrod

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adjective

: marked by rigidity, severity, or stiffness

ramrod

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verb

ramrodded; ramrodding; ramrods

transitive verb

1
: to force with a ramrod
ramrodded the charge into the muzzle
often used figuratively
He refused to be ramrodded into his decision.… a self-made millionaire and visionary entrepreneur who as the fair's chairman ramrodded the project through from conception to completion. Joyce LevitonThey tried to ramrod the bill through the legislature.
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: to direct, supervise, and control
… the police sergeant chosen by Dick Snider to ramrod his fledgling Border Crime Task Force. Joseph Wambaugh

ramrod

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adverb

: in a fully upright position : rigidly
sat ramrod straight

Example Sentences

Adjective a ramrod camp director who's been known to send kids home for a minor infraction of the rules
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
When not feeding, many inchworms disguise themselves like leaf stems or twigs by standing on their hind legs ramrod-straight and freezing like a living statue performer. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2022 Tall, graying and standing ramrod straight, Franken's approach is understated. Thomas Beaumont, ajc, 14 May 2022 DeRuntz poured gunpowder down the shaft, stuffing it down with a metal ramrod. Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 28 Sep. 2021 Stankey stands at 6-foot-5, and has a booming voice and the ramrod-straight posture of a military leader. Variety, 9 Apr. 2022 Her posture gradually goes from ramrod-straight to slightly slumped. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022 An aloof, ramrod-straight Chun during his mid-1990s trial defended the coup as necessary to save the nation from a political crisis and denied sending troops into Gwangju. Reuters, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021 To his admirers, Gen. Singlaub was the consummate warrior — a brawny, ramrod-straight man of action with the wounds and decorations to prove the truth of the lore that surrounded him. Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2022 An aloof, ramrod-straight Chun during his mid-1990s trial defended the coup as necessary to save the nation from a political crisis and denied sending troops into Gwangju. Reuters, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
Adjective
Nine months later, the parish's electric lines have been replaced by ramrod straight poles. Rebecca Santana, ajc, 30 May 2021 He was beloved by the British for his no-nonsense air, his ramrod straight Navy-man's posture, and his blunt words laced with a certain old-school humor at events public and private. Guy Martin, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
Verb
Into the Great Unknown, then, goes Donald H. Rumsfeld, who died Tuesday at 88, and whose tenure as George W. Bush’s defense secretary was a monument to both ramrod certainty and tactical equivocation, the twin dogmas of Washington. Washington Post, 1 July 2021 Biles sprinted down the runway, did a roundoff onto the springboard followed by a back handspring onto the vault, finishing with two backflips with her legs ramrod straight and her hands seemingly magnetized to her hamstrings. Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021 His physical appearance, ramrod straight with piercing eyes, thinning hair, and a voluminous mustache, only added to his appeal for admirers. Philip Terzian, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021 Yeager may be in a dogfight with Father Time, but his bearing is still ramrod straight. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020 Christians and pro-democracy supporters are worried the Chinese government could make another attempt to ramrod legislation in Hong Kong that would specifically target the faith community and strip basic human rights. Fox News, 17 Sep. 2019 As the state-of-the-art hydraulics move her into position, her posture shifts from millennial slump to ramrod straight. TIME.com, 30 June 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1706, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1850, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1912, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ramrod was in 1706

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