An ironic statement.
Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
An act of ramming.
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.
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.
Rancid; offensive in smell or taste.
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.