rammy
/ˈɹami/adjective, noun
rammy is an adjective meaning “Of a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-M-M-Y, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rammy mean?
adjective
- 1
UKOf a food, taste, odour etc.: like a ram; pungent, rank.
Galen takes exception at mutton, but without question he means that rammy mutton which is in Turkey and Asia Minor […]
- 2
UScolloquialFrisky, lecherous.
noun
- 1
ScotlandA disorderly argument or disturbance; a fracas.
- 2
slangAlternative form of rambo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rammy?
- UK /ˈɹami/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rammy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rammy
- more rammy comparative
- most rammy superlative
- rammies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rammy?
Rammy appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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).
Where does rammy come from?
From ram + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).