ramper

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English

Etymology

ramp +‎ -er

Noun

ramper (plural rampers)

  1. (historical) One of a gang of ruffians who intimidated bookmakers at races, claiming to have placed bets when they had not.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ramper (to crawl up, climb), from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value frk is not valid. See WT:LOL. *rampōn, *hrampōn, from *rampa, *hrampa (hook, claw, talon), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (to shrink up, shrivel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.pe/
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Verb

ramper

  1. to crawl, worm (along); to creep

Conjugation

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ramper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of rampe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

ramper m or f

  1. indefinite feminine plural of rampe

Old French

Verb

ramper

  1. to climb; to ascend; to go up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-mps, *-mpt are modified to ns, nt. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: ramp
  • French: ramper