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Is ramp a Scrabble word?

Yes, ramp is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of ramp?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (aviation) A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.

2. (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.Examples: "He hit three ramps in a row to push his team near the opponents total."

3. (aviation) A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).

4. (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.

5. (skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.

6. (slang) An act of violent robbery.slang

verb (English)

1. (slang, transitive) To swindle or rob violently.Examples: "In English slang, to ramp was to swindle or rob."slangtransitive

2. (Australia, slang, transitive) To search a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.Australiaslangtransitive

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To spring; to leap; to bound, rear, or prance; to move swiftly or violently.Examples: "Their bridles they would champe, / And trampling the fine element would fiercely rampe."; "I've seen a ramping equestrian statue of General St. Clare on the Embankment."; "The shield was the colour of silver and across it there ramped a red lion, as bright as a ripe strawberry at the moment when you pick it."intransitiveobsolete

4. (obsolete, intransitive) To climb, like a plant; to creep up.Examples: "Lathyrus ſylveſtris flore luteo. Tare everlaſting. This ramping vvilde Vetch or Tare as the country people call it, becauſe it is the moſt pernicious herbe that can grovv on the earth, for corne or any other good herbe that it ſhall grovv by, killing and ſtrangling them: […]"; "With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold, […] and so ramping upon trees, […]they mount up to a great height."intransitiveobsolete

5. (obsolete, intransitive) To stand in a rampant position.Examples: "And that lyon gaped wyde and came vpon hym raumppynge to haue slayne hym."intransitiveobsolete

6. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) change value, often at a steady rate.Examples: "If Q(t)lt;qᵖ then primary generation ramps up at maximal rate, subject to the constraint that Q(t) does not exceed this threshold."; "The forces are ramped down gradually to ensure that element removal has a smooth effect on the model."ambitransitive

noun (English)

1. (Appalachia or obsolete) A promiscuous man or woman.Examples: "And yet in the very next Canto she appears an arrant Ramp and a Tomrigg;[…]"Appalachiaobsolete

2. (Appalachia, derogatory) A worthless person.Appalachiaderogatory

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "ramp"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "ramp"?

Scrabble
8 points
R1
A1
M3
P3
Words With Friends
10 points
R1
A1
M4
P4

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