ram

n

1. male sheep, tup, Astron. Aries.

2. rammer, battering ram, hydraulic ram, pile driver; monkey, tamper, tamping iron, sledgehammer, mallet, mall, piston.

3. iron warship, iron-clad, floating battery, man-of-war; Monitor, Merrimac, Constitution or "Old Ironsides".

v

4. drive, drive in, force, pound in; hit down, beat, poke, hammer, hammer in, cudgel; force in, cram, crowd, stuff, compress, squeeze; tamp, choke, plug, Inf. ramrod.

5. strike, hit, dash against, collide with, run into; butt, batter, bump, crash, clash, buffet, smash, thwack, clip; wham, whack, thump, slam, jolt, telescope; (of ships) run against and sink.