How to pronounce “ramp”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• An inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
• An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
• A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
• (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
• (cricket) A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
• (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
• (aviation) A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
• (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
• A scale of values.
• A speed bump. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
• (slang) An act of violent robbery.
• (slang) A deliberate swindle or fraud.
• (Australia, slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
• (obsolete) A leap or bound.
• A concave bend at the top or cap of a railing, wall, or coping; a romp.
• [Verb]
• To behave violently; to rage.
• (slang, transitive) To swindle or rob violently.
• (Australia, slang, transitive) To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
• (obsolete, intransitive) To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.
• (obsolete, intransitive) To climb, like a plant; to creep up.
• (obsolete, intransitive) To stand in a rampant position.
• (ambitransitive) To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.
• To adapt a piece of iron to the woodwork of a gate.

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