RAMP

noun a highwayman; a robber.

2. ramp ·noun a romping woman; a prostitute.

3. ramp ·noun a leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

4. ramp ·vi to climb, as a plant; to creep up.

5. ramp ·vi to move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.

6. ramp ·noun a short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.

7. ramp ·noun an inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.

8. ramp ·noun any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.

9. ramp ·vi to spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.