Ramp
Ramp (ramp) , intransitive verb
[French ramper to creep, Old French, to climb; of German origin; compare German raffen to snatch, LG. & Dutch rapen. See Rap to snatch, and compare Romp.]
1.
To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic; to romp.
2.
To move by leaps, or as by leaps; hence, to move swiftly or with violence.
Their bridles they would champ,
And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.
3.
To climb, as a plant; to creep up.
With claspers and tendrils, they [plants] catch hold,... and so ramping upon trees, they mount up to a great height.
Ramp , noun
1.
A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.
The bold Ascalonite
Fled from his lion ramp.
2.
A highwayman; a robber. [Provincial English]
3.
A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obsolete] — Lyly
4.
(a) (Architecture) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase.
(b)
(Architecture) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction.
5.
(Fortification) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.