rammer

noun
/ˈɹæ.mə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From ram + -er.

  1. inherited from *rammaz
  2. inherited from ramm
  3. inherited from ram
  4. suffixed as rammer — “ram + er

Definitions

  1. A device used to ram

    A device used to ram; a ramrod.

    • Now use your rammer to pack it tightly into the barrel.
    • A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags.
    • […] I put my waterproof over the muzzle of one gun, and made a sort of wigwam with two or three rammers that I found, and lay along the tail of another gun […]
  2. One who, or that, rams.

    • the Zeppelin Rammer
    • The loader […] placed the cartridge in the muzzle and shoved it in as far as he could. The rammer rammed it home, the gun captain inserting his priming wire to make sure.

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Derived

rammerman

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA