Foreman or right-hand man in cowboy movies or metal or wooden stick used for muskets

noun

1. A rod for ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm
2. A cleaning rod for small arms
3. Boss, overseer

adjective

1. Marked by rigidity, severity, or stiffness

verb

1. To force with a ramrod

   "ramrodded the charge into the muzzle"

2. To direct, supervise, and control

   "… the police sergeant chosen by Dick Snider to ramrod his fledgling Border Crime Task Force."

adverb

1. In a fully upright position rigidly

   "sat ramrod straight"

idiom

1. In a very straight and stiff way

idiom

1. In a very straight and stiff way