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Ramp-up was originally an auto industry term used to indicate when a new model was scheduled to ship out, deliver, or "ramp-up" onto auto vehicle transport trucks. Also may used in other contexts, such as when a business switches over to or begins using a new software package or new version of older software. The term ramp-up was used primarily in a time context, when something was due to occur or occurred in the past.

The news media misconstrued the meaning of ramp-up a few years ago, when interviewing auto industry people, to be synonymous with "ratchet-up", meaning to increase or "turn-up". The term is now used almost exclusively in this context.
The Chevrolet Volt is scheduled to ramp-up in late 2010.

Our company will ramped-up its new accounting software package next month.
Ramp-up by bastard72 August 16, 2009
A type of push button spring assisted knife, Gained popularity from gangsters in 60`s Bollywood movies. (Using it to stab during a face off.)
"Yeh Rampuri kehta hain ke tum yahan se zinda nahin jaaonge."

"Do you see this Rampuri(knife), you wont get out of here alive."

Bollywood Dialouge.
Rampuri by Lastcentaur December 2, 2010

Premature Off-Rampulation 

The act of getting of the freeway or interstate too early. Missing your exit sign or taking a wrong offramp from any road.
Hey Todd what are you doing? We have like two more exits before we get off the freeway. Dammit Todd you got off too early, another example of Premature Off-Rampulation.
Premature Off-Rampulation by DVS1 August 11, 2009

RAMP UP THE JAWN 

showin' off your new clothes/kicks/anything new
"yo, dude, i'm going to the mall to ramp up the jawn later on. you wanna come with me?"
RAMP UP THE JAWN by jklolz May 29, 2005
A term used to pacify a scared audience that you are close to doing your job but have in fact done fuck all.
We have ramp-up our delivery of competence.
ramp-up by Zarendarger May 15, 2020

Rampulla 

A ninja who is also a teacher in a school, usually an English teacher.
I think my teacher is a Rampulla.
Rampulla by singitout139 October 23, 2009