bamboo vs ram

bamboo

verb
  • To penetrate sexually. 

  • To flog with a bamboo cane. 

  • To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo. 

noun
  • A didgeridoo. 

  • A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem. 

  • The wood of the bamboo plant as a material for building, furniture, etc. 

  • A stick, rod, pole, or cane of bamboo, especially one used for corporal punishment. 

  • A member of the British military or British East India Company who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home. 

adj
  • Made of the wood of the bamboo. 

ram

verb
  • To thrust during sexual intercourse. 

  • To fill or compact by pounding or driving. 

  • To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement. 

  • To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function. 

  • To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking. 

noun
  • A piston powered by hydraulic pressure. 

  • A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill. 

  • A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships. 

  • An act of ramming. 

  • A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors. 

  • A male sheep, typically uncastrated. 

  • A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them. 

adj
  • Rancid; offensive in smell or taste. 

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