RAMROD


Meaning of RAMROD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ræmrɒd ]

( ramrods)

1.

A ramrod is a long, thin rod which can be used for pushing something into a narrow tube. Ramrods were used, for example, for forcing an explosive substance down the barrel of an old-fashioned gun, or for cleaning the barrel of a gun.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone sits or stands like a ramrod or straight as a ramrod , they have a very straight back and appear rather stiff and formal.

...a woman with iron grey hair, high cheekbones and a figure like a ramrod.

PHRASE

3.

If someone has a ramrod back or way of standing, they have a very straight back and hold themselves in a rather stiff and formal way.

I don’t have the ramrod posture I had when I was in the Navy.

ADJ : ADJ n

Ramrod is also an adverb.

At 75, she’s still ramrod straight.

ADV : ADV adj

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