rampant

Adjective Satellite

unrestrained and violent
- "rampant aggression"
rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile
- "a lion rampant"
(of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth
- "a rampant growth of weeds"

Adj

Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.

Adv

Rampantly.

Adjective

Flourishing or spreading unchecked; unrestrained.

Examples

His winning streak became RAMPANT, dominating every game of Words With Friends.
The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
There was rampant corruption in the city.
Things seem to be running rampant around here lately.
Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp + -and or ramp + -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”).
Alternatively from Middle English *rampant, from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp + -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”).

Synonyms

rearing

Scrabble Score: 11

rampant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rampant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rampant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

rampant: valid Words With Friends Word