The meaning of RAMROD is a rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm. How to use ramrod in a sentence.

A ramrod (or scouring stick) is a metal or wooden device used with muzzleloading firearms to push the projectile up against the propellant (mainly blackpowder).

A ramrod is a long, thin rod which can be used for pushing something into a narrow tube. Ramrods were used, for example, for forcing an explosive substance down the barrel of an old …

There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word ramrod, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Idiom (as) stiff/straight as a ramrod (Definition of ramrod from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

RAMROD meaning: 1 : a metal bar that is used to push explosive material down into the barrel of some old-fashioned guns; 2 : in a very straight and stiff way used especially to describe the …

Define ramrod. ramrod synonyms, ramrod pronunciation, ramrod translation, English dictionary definition of ramrod. n. 1. A rod used to force the charge into a muzzleloading firearm. 2. A rod …

Definition of ramrod noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

RAMROD definition: a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzleloading firearm. See examples of ramrod used in a sentence.

To push, direct, or manage in a rigid or unyielding way. To ramrod a bill through Congress.