Definitions of rampant [ˈræm pənt]

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Definition of 'rampant'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) rampant
prevailing or unchecked; widespread; rife:
a rampant rumor.

2.  rampant
growing luxuriantly, as weeds.

3.  rampant
violent in action or spirit; raging; furious.

4.  rampant
(of an animal) standing on the hind legs; ramping.

5.  rampant
(of a heraldic animal)

6.  rampant
having the body upraised on the left hind leg, the head in profile, and one foreleg above the other.

7.  rampant
rearing in profile upon the hind legs with the forelegs extended.

8.  rampant
(of an arch or vault) springing at one side from one level of support and resting at the other on a higher level.

Etymology: (1350–1400; < OF, prp. of ramper)

Definition of 'rampant'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) rampant
unrestrained and violent
"rampant aggression"

2. (adj) rampant(ip), rearing
rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
"a lion rampant"

3. (adj) rampant
(of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth
"a rampant growth of weeds"

Definition of 'rampant'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) rampant
uncontrolled an in many places
Fraud is rampant in the industry.

Definition of 'rampant'

Webster Dictionary

1.  rampant
ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious

2.  rampant
ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant

3.  rampant
rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left

Translation of 'rampant'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: very common and uncontrolled Vandalism is rampant in the town.
Afrikaans: baie algemeen, onbeheerba	Arabic: واقِف، مُنْتَصِب على قدمي	Bulgarian: ширещ се
Brazilian: desenfreado	Czech: přebujelý	German: um sich greifen
Danish: udbredt	Greek: διαδεδομένος, ανεξέλεγκτο	Spanish: desenfrenado, incontrolab
Estonian: ohjeldamatu	Farsi: شایع؛ منتشر شده؛ فراوان	Finnish: rehottava
French: qui sévit	Hebrew: “מִשתוֹלֵל”	Hindi: आम एवं अनियंत्रित
Croatian: neobuzdan, vrlo raširen	Hungarian: féktelen	Indonesian: tak terkendali
Icelandic: sem geisar/stjórnlaus/óhe	Italian: (che dilaga)	Japanese: はびこる
Korean: 만연하는	Lithuanian: paplitęs, siaučiantis	Latvian: trakojošs
Malay: berleluasa	Dutch: hoogtij vierend, door het	Norwegian: utbredt; ustyrlig
Polish: nieokiełznany, panoszący	Persian: شایع؛ منتشر شده؛ فراوان	Pashto: ژرخپريدونكى (لكه سارى نار
Portuguese: desenfreado	Romanian: scăpat de sub control	Russian: безудержный
Slovak: vymykajúci sa kontrole	Slovenian: razmahnjen	Serbian: nekontrolisan
Swedish: ohejdad, grasserande	Thai: อาละวาด	Turkish: yaygın
Taiwanese: 猖獗	Ukrainian: дуже поширений	Urdu: شدید
Vietnamese: tràn lan	Chinese: 猖獗
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