The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.
Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st of March.
The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
An engine of war used for butting or battering.
In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in a framework, and used for battering the walls of cities; a battering-ram.
A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.
A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
The plunger of a hydraulic press.
To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to ram piles, cartridges, etc.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats. Howard Aiken
I believe in horoscopes. I was born under the sign of the Ram, which means I'm headstrong, don't like people telling me what to do. Loretta Lynn
When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats. Frank Lampard
On 'don't ask, don't tell' I was always the same. I said we needed a complete review of the impact on morale and battle effectiveness of 'don't ask, don't tell' before we repeal it. That's my position now. Now they're trying to ram through a repeal without a - any kind of really realistic survey done. John McCain
In general President Obama's policies have been very, very skewed and very, very extreme. Like on healthcare for example, I don't think that trying to ram healthcare through was a smart idea politically, because he wasted a lot of capital and now he doesn't have any of that same capital with even his own party that he used to have. Jonathan Krohn
