rampingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈræmpɪŋ/

Forms: see ramp v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramp v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ramp v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of ramp v.¹ (in various senses); an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun]

rampinga1425

daffing1535

May game1571

horseplay1590

hoiting1594

wantonizing1598

roguery1611

romperinga1625

hoity-toity1668

frolicking1676

frolic1677

romping1694

wantoning1701

vagary1791

skylarking1809

larking1813

rollicking1823

high-jinking1891

shenaniganning1924

grab-ass1948

mollocking1959

bants2008

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > creeping, climbing, or spiring

rampinga1425

reptility1657

spiring1707

the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > action of raging in fury

ragingc1300

ramping1656

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7351 (MED) Þare salle be swilk rareyng and ruschyng And raumpyng of devels and dyngyng and dusching And skrykyng of synfulle.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Grimpure, a ramping or grasping.

1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 20 His very ramping and roaring might terrify him, that is farre enough out of his reach.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 53 That wanton, untoward, malepert ramping and hoytie-toitie which he kept in the grove.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lxiii. 420 An over-free, and even indecent Degree of Ramping, as it is called.

1794 W. Pearce Songs, Duets & Other Compositions ii. 18 To the gate for confession, Sweet girls would be tramping, Clear off old transgression, And then to new ramping.

1823 J. Galt Entail III. iii. 31 After he has got his ramping and stamping over, he'll come to himsel.

1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside 70 The bairnie wad tire o' his rampin' an' play.

1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox i. 5 Slow gulping sounds..Came from each stall, and sometimes stampings, Whinnies..and rampings.

1950 W. W. Lawrence Chaucer & Canterbury Tales v. 132 The patience of Dame Prudence, so great a contrast to the rampings of his own Amazon spouse.

1998 Africa News (Nexis) 28 Aug. Dullah Omar concluded the debate by saying the ‘ramping and raging’ of some members did not contribute constructively to the issue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rampingn.²

Brit.

/ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈræmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramp v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ramp v.³ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier ramp n.⁶

The action of ramp v.³, esp. robbing, swindling.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action

bulling1532

cogging1570

cozening1576

coney-catching1591

fool-taking1592

gulling1600

bat-fowling1602

sharking1602

imposturing1618

mountebanking1672

shamming1677

sharping1692

fineering1765

overreachinga1774

pigeoning1808

flat-catching1821

thimble-shifting1834

thimblerigging1839

strawing1851

thimbling1857

fiddling1884

piking1884

ramping1891

1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. viii. 150 Before this initiatory process, technically termed ‘ramping’..had reduced the bones of Paul..to the state of magnesia, [etc.].

1891 Times 16 Oct. 8/4 The trick..was technically known in sporting circles as ‘ramping’, which had been extensively practised during the past season on bookmakers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rampingn.³

Brit.

/ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈræmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramp v.⁵, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < ramp v.⁵ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier ramp n.⁸, ramper n.³

slang.

The purchasing of shares or other securities in order fraudulently to drive up their price.

ΚΠ

1979 T. Reese & J. Flint Trick 13 73 You know that one of Mosey's sidelines is ramping shares? Ramping—you know, boosting. You buy shares in a company, then plug it for all you're worth.

2002 Independent (Nexis) 1 Feb. 23 Market abuse such as share price ramping and corporate slander.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rampingadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈræmpɪŋ/

Forms: see ramp v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ramp v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < ramp v.¹ + -ing suffix², partly after Anglo-Norman rampaunt, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rampant rampant adj. In sense A. 2 apparently originally after Middle French ramponneux outrageous, extravagant, given to insult (1372 in the passage translated in quot. 1484; second half of the 12th cent. in Old French as ramprosnous ; < ramprosner (see ramp n.¹) + -ous -ous suffix); perhaps compare earlier ramp n.¹ With use as adverb compare earlier rampantly adv.In quot. a1425 at sense A. 1 translating classical Latin rapāx (see rapacious adj.): compare similar cases at rampant adj. and discussion at that entry. Northern English and Older Scots forms in -and , -ande , -aund could alternatively be interpreted as showing rampant adj.

A. adj. That ramps (ramp v.¹), rampant.

1. Of an animal, esp. a lion: standing erect, rearing, showing fierceness; (Heraldry) = rampant adj. 1c. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > that rears

rampantc1300

rampinga1425

rearing1851

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [adjective] > of or resembling a lion > rearing up

rampinga1425

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Gen. xlix. 27 Beniamyn a wulf raumpynge [v.r. raumpaund; a1425 L.V. rauyschynge; L. rapax].

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxxiii. 162 A rampynge lyon of fyne golde so pure.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 149 A couching Leon and a ramping Cat.

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore sig. L 'Tis a plaine ramping Beare.

1649 J. Lilburne in J. Lilburne et al. Picture Councell of State (ed. 2) 26 The Lions, Dragons, Bears and Wolves, those devouring and ramping wilde beasts.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 16 Chastity, by nature the gentlest of all affections—give it but its head—'tis like a ramping and a roaring lion.

1788 Royal Magnificence i. 11 The sop which charm'd the barking dog of hell, Could ne'er the rage of ramping lions quell.

1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 238 Lest our pride of ramping riches kick our sober weal in the dust.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. v. 72 We have an..old silver spoon,..with a ramping lion on the handle.

1909 Times 15 May 6/1 The real wild-beast lion, is in appearance hardly more the lion of painters and sculptors than he is the ramping beast of heraldry.

1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 82/2 I..butted my head against the stallion's ribs..like a ramping bull.

2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Aug. Eight Republicans joined Kerry (including that ramping lion of the Left, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas).

2. Of a person, his or her actions, etc.: violent, extravagant, unrestrained; romping.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective]

ramping1484

rampish1530

frolic?1548

prankya1556

hoiting1594

tricksy1598

tida1641

frolickish1660

romping1662

hoity-toity1690

rompish1696

frolicsome1699

friskful1728

highty-tighty1737

frolicky1748

prankish1776

rollicking1786

prankfula1795

pranksome1810

tricksome1815

espiègle1816

larkish1823

skylarking1826

larking1828

rompy1838

larky1841

rollicksome1841

Pucklike1845

rollicky1846

frolicful1848

larksome1871

puckish1874

horseplayish1882

frolicking1887

tricksical1889

shenaniganning1924

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > recklessly or riotously violent

sturdy1297

ramping1484

turbulous1527

flinginga1529

turbulent1538

rampant?1609

rampageous1800

rampacious1836

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extravagant, excessive

overdoinga1425

ramping1484

egregious1566

desperatea1568

outlandish1588

hyperbolical1589

furious1671

wanton1680

outré1722

steep1856

plush horse1936

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xvii. 35 Wymmen that ben chydars and rampynge [Fr. ramponneuses].

1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard 18 You ramping gyrles, which rage with wanton lust.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 With ramping bounce clapping..Fierce the waters ruffle.

1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan i. ii. sig. B2 Shees none of your ramping Cannibals, that deuoure mans flesh.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 48 What a foole art thou, A ramping foole, to brag, and stamp, and sweare, Vpon my partie!

1675 E. Phillips Theatrum Poetarum (new ed.) Pref. ** 8 A style not ramping, but passionately sedate and moving.

1745 J. Mason Self-knowl. i. xiv. 119 The maddest Sallies and the most ramping Reveries of the Fancy.

1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit iii. ii. 74 He's a ramping devil.

1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 241 Race not with a ramping might.

1891 H. Lynch G. Meredith 86 The wild ramping life of the colonies.

1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 305/1 Not to be a ramping egoist; not to be stone-blind to the fact that there are others in the world.

a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 78 They came in, two ramping, stamping little girls, sparkling with the cold.

†3. Of an animal: creeping, crawling. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1500 of a young hawk: unfledged, unable to fly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [adjective] > creeping or crawling

creepingc1000

go-by-ground?a1300

crawlinga1400

rampinga1500

reptile1607

humiserpent1641

reptant1670

reptitious1742

acrawl1834

a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) 845 (MED) Syr Garcy went crowlande for fayne, As rampande eyen do in þe rayne.

1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued viii. sig. Gvii ^v The raumping Serpents guile.

4. Of a plant.

†a. Climbing, clinging. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping

running1548

spreading1560

flat1578

ramping1578

wandering1590

upcreeping1611

gadding1638

rambling1653

obsequious1657

reptant1657

scansive1657

scansory1657

procumbent1668

repent1669

scandenta1682

supine1686

scrambling1688

creeping1697

sarmentous1721

reptile1727

sarmentose1760

prostrate1773

trailing1785

decumbent1789

travelling1822

vagrant1827

sarmentaceous1830

humifuse1854

sarmentiferous1858

amphibryous1866

humistratous1880

climbing1882

clambering1883

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xx. 475 Foure or fiue griping or ramping claspers, whereby the Pease doth take holde.

b. Growing luxuriantly, vigorously, or excessively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > flourishing or luxuriant in growth

greeneOE

frimOE

ranka1325

wlonk1398

flourishingc1400

rankish1495

frank?1548

gole1573

abled1576

wanton1579

proud1597

unseared1599

unwithered1599

ramping1607

lusha1616

fulsome1633

luxurious1644

rampant1648

luxuriant1661

lascivious1698

pert1727

unnipped1775

verdurous1820

happy1875

1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. D2^v A Pipe made of a ramping Oate.

1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 428 White ground with great ramping flowers in shades of purples, reds, and greens.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 203 Picking from the ramping grass Nameless blossoms as I pass.

1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 1156/1 This plant is the most ramping and cumbersome of any weed that grows.

1939 Times 3 July 17/6 Even the rank and ramping vegetation of summer..seemed here to be superbly appropriate.

1980 I. Murdoch Nuns & Soldiers iii. 145 Here rosemary and lavender and ramping geraniums survived.

2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 May 10 A lady would as soon think of having a pig in a parlour as a ramping spike of Hollyhock in a bouquet.

†B. adv.

In a ramping manner. Usually as an intensifier. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb]

unredlya1200

outrightc1300

largec1405

largelya1450

liberallya1500

frankly1541

unrestrainedly1635

ramping1807

outrightly1914

balls-out1959

uninhibitedly1959

1807 Proc. Old Bailey 28 Oct. Eighth Sess. 499/1 Q. From all you saw of his conduct, did you think him to be a man in his senses.—A. I always took him to be a man ramping mad.

1867 H. T. Craven Meg's Diversion i. 14 I swear you've made me as happy as any fellow can be, without going ramping mad.

1886 J. M. Caulfeild Seamanship Notes 2 These sails are to be ramping full.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹a1425

n.²1830

n.³1979

adj.adv.a1425

单词	ramping
释义	rampingn.¹ Brit. /ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræmpɪŋ/ Forms: see ramp v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramp v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ramp v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of ramp v.¹ (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] rampinga1425 daffing1535 May game1571 horseplay1590 hoiting1594 wantonizing1598 roguery1611 romperinga1625 hoity-toity1668 frolicking1676 frolic1677 romping1694 wantoning1701 vagary1791 skylarking1809 larking1813 rollicking1823 high-jinking1891 shenaniganning1924 grab-ass1948 mollocking1959 bants2008 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > creeping, climbing, or spiring rampinga1425 reptility1657 spiring1707 the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [noun] > action of raging in fury ragingc1300 ramping1656 a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 7351 (MED) Þare salle be swilk rareyng and ruschyng And raumpyng of devels and dyngyng and dusching And skrykyng of synfulle. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Grimpure, a ramping or grasping. 1656 H. Jeanes Mixture Scholasticall Divinity 20 His very ramping and roaring might terrify him, that is farre enough out of his reach. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 53 That wanton, untoward, malepert ramping and hoytie-toitie which he kept in the grove. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lxiii. 420 An over-free, and even indecent Degree of Ramping, as it is called. 1794 W. Pearce Songs, Duets & Other Compositions ii. 18 To the gate for confession, Sweet girls would be tramping, Clear off old transgression, And then to new ramping. 1823 J. Galt Entail III. iii. 31 After he has got his ramping and stamping over, he'll come to himsel. 1890 A. J. Armstrong Ingleside 70 The bairnie wad tire o' his rampin' an' play. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox i. 5 Slow gulping sounds..Came from each stall, and sometimes stampings, Whinnies..and rampings. 1950 W. W. Lawrence Chaucer & Canterbury Tales v. 132 The patience of Dame Prudence, so great a contrast to the rampings of his own Amazon spouse. 1998 Africa News (Nexis) 28 Aug. Dullah Omar concluded the debate by saying the ‘ramping and raging’ of some members did not contribute constructively to the issue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rampingn.² Brit. /ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramp v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ramp v.³ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier ramp n.⁶ The action of ramp v.³, esp. robbing, swindling. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. viii. 150 Before this initiatory process, technically termed ‘ramping’..had reduced the bones of Paul..to the state of magnesia, [etc.]. 1891 Times 16 Oct. 8/4 The trick..was technically known in sporting circles as ‘ramping’, which had been extensively practised during the past season on bookmakers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rampingn.³ Brit. /ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ramp v.⁵, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < ramp v.⁵ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier ramp n.⁸, ramper n.³ slang. The purchasing of shares or other securities in order fraudulently to drive up their price. ΚΠ 1979 T. Reese & J. Flint Trick 13 73 You know that one of Mosey's sidelines is ramping shares? Ramping—you know, boosting. You buy shares in a company, then plug it for all you're worth. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 1 Feb. 23 Market abuse such as share price ramping and corporate slander. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rampingadj.adv. Brit. /ˈrampɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈræmpɪŋ/ Forms: see ramp v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: ramp v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < ramp v.¹ + -ing suffix², partly after Anglo-Norman rampaunt, Anglo-Norman and Middle French rampant rampant adj. In sense A. 2 apparently originally after Middle French ramponneux outrageous, extravagant, given to insult (1372 in the passage translated in quot. 1484; second half of the 12th cent. in Old French as ramprosnous ; < ramprosner (see ramp n.¹) + -ous -ous suffix); perhaps compare earlier ramp n.¹ With use as adverb compare earlier rampantly adv.In quot. a1425 at sense A. 1 translating classical Latin rapāx (see rapacious adj.): compare similar cases at rampant adj. and discussion at that entry. Northern English and Older Scots forms in -and , -ande , -aund could alternatively be interpreted as showing rampant adj. A. adj. That ramps (ramp v.¹), rampant. 1. Of an animal, esp. a lion: standing erect, rearing, showing fierceness; (Heraldry) = rampant adj. 1c. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [adjective] > that rears rampantc1300 rampinga1425 rearing1851 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [adjective] > of or resembling a lion > rearing up rampinga1425 a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Gen. xlix. 27 Beniamyn a wulf raumpynge [v.r. raumpaund; a1425 L.V. rauyschynge; L. rapax]. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xxxiii. 162 A rampynge lyon of fyne golde so pure. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 149 A couching Leon and a ramping Cat. View more context for this quotation 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore sig. L 'Tis a plaine ramping Beare. 1649 J. Lilburne in J. Lilburne et al. Picture Councell of State (ed. 2) 26 The Lions, Dragons, Bears and Wolves, those devouring and ramping wilde beasts. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 16 Chastity, by nature the gentlest of all affections—give it but its head—'tis like a ramping and a roaring lion. 1788 Royal Magnificence i. 11 The sop which charm'd the barking dog of hell, Could ne'er the rage of ramping lions quell. 1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 238 Lest our pride of ramping riches kick our sober weal in the dust. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. v. 72 We have an..old silver spoon,..with a ramping lion on the handle. 1909 Times 15 May 6/1 The real wild-beast lion, is in appearance hardly more the lion of painters and sculptors than he is the ramping beast of heraldry. 1946 Cosmopolitan Oct. 82/2 I..butted my head against the stallion's ribs..like a ramping bull. 2004 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 Aug. Eight Republicans joined Kerry (including that ramping lion of the Left, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas). 2. Of a person, his or her actions, etc.: violent, extravagant, unrestrained; romping. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [adjective] ramping1484 rampish1530 frolic?1548 prankya1556 hoiting1594 tricksy1598 tida1641 frolickish1660 romping1662 hoity-toity1690 rompish1696 frolicsome1699 friskful1728 highty-tighty1737 frolicky1748 prankish1776 rollicking1786 prankfula1795 pranksome1810 tricksome1815 espiègle1816 larkish1823 skylarking1826 larking1828 rompy1838 larky1841 rollicksome1841 Pucklike1845 rollicky1846 frolicful1848 larksome1871 puckish1874 horseplayish1882 frolicking1887 tricksical1889 shenaniganning1924 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [adjective] > recklessly or riotously violent sturdy1297 ramping1484 turbulous1527 flinginga1529 turbulent1538 rampant?1609 rampageous1800 rampacious1836 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extravagant, excessive overdoinga1425 ramping1484 egregious1566 desperatea1568 outlandish1588 hyperbolical1589 furious1671 wanton1680 outré1722 steep1856 plush horse1936 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xvii. 35 Wymmen that ben chydars and rampynge [Fr. ramponneuses]. 1576 G. Whetstone Rocke of Regard 18 You ramping gyrles, which rage with wanton lust. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 60 With ramping bounce clapping..Fierce the waters ruffle. 1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan i. ii. sig. B2 Shees none of your ramping Cannibals, that deuoure mans flesh. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 48 What a foole art thou, A ramping foole, to brag, and stamp, and sweare, Vpon my partie! View more context for this quotation 1675 E. Phillips Theatrum Poetarum (new ed.) Pref. ** 8 A style not ramping, but passionately sedate and moving. 1745 J. Mason Self-knowl. i. xiv. 119 The maddest Sallies and the most ramping Reveries of the Fancy. 1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit iii. ii. 74 He's a ramping devil. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 241 Race not with a ramping might. 1891 H. Lynch G. Meredith 86 The wild ramping life of the colonies. 1926 Amer. Mercury Mar. 305/1 Not to be a ramping egoist; not to be stone-blind to the fact that there are others in the world. a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 78 They came in, two ramping, stamping little girls, sparkling with the cold. †3. Of an animal: creeping, crawling. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1500 of a young hawk: unfledged, unable to fly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [adjective] > creeping or crawling creepingc1000 go-by-ground?a1300 crawlinga1400 rampinga1500 reptile1607 humiserpent1641 reptant1670 reptitious1742 acrawl1834 a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) 845 (MED) Syr Garcy went crowlande for fayne, As rampande eyen do in þe rayne. 1579 E. Hake Newes out of Powles Churchyarde newly Renued viii. sig. Gvii ^v The raumping Serpents guile. 4. Of a plant. †a. Climbing, clinging. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping running1548 spreading1560 flat1578 ramping1578 wandering1590 upcreeping1611 gadding1638 rambling1653 obsequious1657 reptant1657 scansive1657 scansory1657 procumbent1668 repent1669 scandenta1682 supine1686 scrambling1688 creeping1697 sarmentous1721 reptile1727 sarmentose1760 prostrate1773 trailing1785 decumbent1789 travelling1822 vagrant1827 sarmentaceous1830 humifuse1854 sarmentiferous1858 amphibryous1866 humistratous1880 climbing1882 clambering1883 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xx. 475 Foure or fiue griping or ramping claspers, whereby the Pease doth take holde. b. Growing luxuriantly, vigorously, or excessively. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > flourishing or luxuriant in growth greeneOE frimOE ranka1325 wlonk1398 flourishingc1400 rankish1495 frank?1548 gole1573 abled1576 wanton1579 proud1597 unseared1599 unwithered1599 ramping1607 lusha1616 fulsome1633 luxurious1644 rampant1648 luxuriant1661 lascivious1698 pert1727 unnipped1775 verdurous1820 happy1875 1607 W. N. Barley-breake sig. D2^v A Pipe made of a ramping Oate. 1734 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 428 White ground with great ramping flowers in shades of purples, reds, and greens. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 203 Picking from the ramping grass Nameless blossoms as I pass. 1855 G. Emerson Farmer's & Planter's Encycl. Rural Affairs (new ed.) 1156/1 This plant is the most ramping and cumbersome of any weed that grows. 1939 Times 3 July 17/6 Even the rank and ramping vegetation of summer..seemed here to be superbly appropriate. 1980 I. Murdoch Nuns & Soldiers iii. 145 Here rosemary and lavender and ramping geraniums survived. 2005 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 May 10 A lady would as soon think of having a pig in a parlour as a ramping spike of Hollyhock in a bouquet. †B. adv. In a ramping manner. Usually as an intensifier. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] unredlya1200 outrightc1300 largec1405 largelya1450 liberallya1500 frankly1541 unrestrainedly1635 ramping1807 outrightly1914 balls-out1959 uninhibitedly1959 1807 Proc. Old Bailey 28 Oct. Eighth Sess. 499/1 Q. From all you saw of his conduct, did you think him to be a man in his senses.—A. I always took him to be a man ramping mad. 1867 H. T. Craven Meg's Diversion i. 14 I swear you've made me as happy as any fellow can be, without going ramping mad. 1886 J. M. Caulfeild Seamanship Notes 2 These sails are to be ramping full. 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