Ramp /(rămp)/

imp. & p. p. Ramped; p. pr. & vb. n. Ramping

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.

1. A leap; a spring; a hostile advance.

   The bold Ascalonite Fled from his lion ramp.

2. A highwayman; a robber. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A romping woman; a prostitute. [Obs.]
4. Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase. (Arch.)
5. An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels. (Fort.)