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单词 ramstam
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Definition of ramstam in English:

ramstam

adjectiveramˈstam
Northern Irish, Scottish
  • Wilful and reckless.

    he gets along well with others but is a little ramstam
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In his best ramstam courtroom style, he implied that the price tag beside the telephone had been planted by me.
    • He was given to a sort of reckless ramstam style of chucking his money away.
    • He has written that such attempts rely on the "ramstam methods adopted by over-eager or just simple econometricians".
    • Jibes might even make it harder for the new frontman to moderate his ramstam tendency.
    • It is difficult to switch from the ram-stam style that prevails in domestic affairs to the more studied continental challenge.
adverbramˈstam
Northern Irish, Scottish
  • In a wilful and reckless manner.

    don't run ramstam into anything
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I went ram-stam in and realised I'd been really silly.
    • We must not go ram-stam into this simply to make up the numbers of departments.
    • She's no' going ram-stam into the business; she's cautious like mysel'.
    • The council and the rest of us should not go ramstam for complete demolition.
    • I don't want him to go rushing in, ram-stam, as he has been doing in the occasional contest.

Origin

Late 18th century: of uncertain origin.

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