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rampage

/ˈɹæmpeɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb

rampage is a noun meaning “A course of violent, frenzied action” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-M-P-A-G-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears 2.5 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rampage is rampages.

What does rampage mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A course of violent, frenzied action.

  2. 2

    Wild partying, typically a drinking binge

verb

  1. 1

    To move about wildly or violently.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce rampage?

  • /ˈɹæmpeɪd͡ʒ/

Rampage has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rampage.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-rampage.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of rampage

  • rampages plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • rampaging participle, present
  • rampaged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is rampage?

Rampage appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Rampage in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchdéchainement, saccage (a course of violent, frenzied action), rager (to move about wildly or violently)
GermanRandale, Wutanfall, Randalieren (a course of violent, frenzied action), randalieren, toben, rasen (to move about wildly or violently)
Portuguesealvoroço, tumulto (a course of violent, frenzied action), alvoroçar, tumultuar (to move about wildly or violently)
Spanishtumulto, embestida, destrucción, devastación, arrasamiento, arrasadura (a course of violent, frenzied action)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does rampage come from?

From Scots rampage, equivalent to ramp + -age. Perhaps influenced by Middle English rampnen (“to force, ram”), from Old English *hrampian, from Proto-West Germanic *hrampōn (“to obstruct, hinder”), see ramp.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).