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ram-stam, a., n., and adv. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈræmˈstæm|
[A riming comb., perh. based on ram n.1 and dial. stam to stamp.]
A. adj. Precipitate, headstrong.
1786Burns To Jas. Smith xxviii, The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys, The rattlin squad. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. Introd. 8, I scamper along rather in the ‘ram stam’ manner. 1893Crockett Stickit Minister 81 He's young an' terrible ram-stam. 1934M. Watt Visitors at Birkenbrae 12 John's that ram-stam..he wad be sure tae come oot wi' something. 1976Scottish Rev. Spring 19 In ‘The Steeple Bar, Perth’..his [sc. Sydney Goodsir Smith's] ram-stam bacchanalian voice is heard, as naturally as if he had been attuned to spoken Scots from childhood. 1976Ibid. Summer 32 This is a rather ramstam, happy-go-lucky, whimsical procedure.
B. n. A thoughtless person. rare.
1823Galt Entail III. 70 Walky, who is a lad of a methodical nature, and no a hurly-burly ramstam.
C. adv. Precipitately, headlong.
1818Scott Rob Roy xxviii, The least we'll get, if we gang ramstam in on them, will be a broken head. 1895Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xxiv. 178 Was there ever a Gordon that would not go ram-stam at the boar. 1910Blackw. Mag. Jan. 31/1 He proposed, ramstam, by telegraph; was accepted, and the lady came home..that he might marry her. 1922T. S. Cairncross Scot at Hame 54, I left my gless a meenit, ran ram-stam. 1967‘H. Calvin’ Nice Friendly Town ix. 136 The way young folk nowadays go ram-stam at things without a by-your-leave. |