Antonyms for ramping


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ramp
Phonetic Transcription : ræmp


Definition of ramping

Origin :
  • 1778, "slope," from French rampe, back-formation from Old French verb ramper "to climb, scale, mount;" see ramp (v.). Meaning "road on or off a major highway" is from 1952, American English.
  • As in upraise : verb elevate
  • As in uprear : verb elevate
  • As in elevate : verb lift up
Example sentences :
  • "I've a raging, ramping headache," said Mrs. Palmer solemnly.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • He was ramping about the living-room, waiting for a fight—and he got it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
  • The ramping one threw out his huge chest and roared with laughter.
  • Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Fur Country » by James B. Hendryx
  • She could not help smiling; he was ramping about in such a clumsy, comical way.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • He was ramping and raging like a wild man down in front of the post office.
  • Extract from : « The Major » by Ralph Connor
  • And now he's ramping on the home-path as hard as he can tear.
  • Extract from : « The Return of the Prodigal » by May Sinclair
  • And that lion gaped wide and came upon him ramping to have slain him.
  • Extract from : « Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) » by Thomas Malory
  • I should think that might have stopped your ramping, if anything could.
  • Extract from : « Queen Hildegarde » by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
  • Would you send him ramping over the country, and never a hold to have on him?
  • Extract from : « A Rough Shaking » by George MacDonald
  • He had come back to help raise the posse which would put the ramping Beast in pound.
  • Extract from : « The Hills of Desire » by Richard Aumerle Maher

Synonyms for ramping

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