rams

The word “rams” means plural of ram: adult male sheep, or the battering devices/mechanisms named after them. In plain terms, usually just "more than one ram" (male sheep), but also the name of an old French card game.

Here is “rams” used in a sentence: “The farmer kept the rams in a separate paddock during breeding season.”

“Rams” is a noun.

“Rams” is an uncommon word in modern English.

“Rams” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: plural of ram: adult male sheep, or the battering devices/mechanisms named after them.

As the plural of ram, rams refers to adult male sheep or to battering devices and mechanisms named after them. Rams is also the name of a separate French trick-taking card game related to nap and loo, played with a shrinking hand and escalating stakes.

Rams is a French trick-taking card game related to nap and loo. It is played with a hand that shrinks over the course of the game and stakes that escalate as play continues.

Ram is the standard term for an adult male sheep, distinguishing it from a ewe, which is a female sheep. The battering device historically used to break down walls or doors was named after the animal because of its forceful head-first charging behavior.