ram vs wad

ram

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

  • To thrust during sexual intercourse. 

  • To fill or compact by pounding or driving. 

  • 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. 

adj
  • Rancid; offensive in smell or taste. 

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. 

wad

verb
  • To insert or force a wad into. 

  • To crumple or crush into a compact, amorphous shape or ball. 

  • To wager. 

  • To stuff or line with some soft substance, or wadding, like cotton. 

noun
  • A sandwich. 

  • An ejaculation of semen. 

  • Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits. 

  • Plumbago, graphite. 

  • A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon. 

  • An amorphous, compact mass. 

  • A substantial pile (normally of money). 

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