2. Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.
[1913 Webster]
While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
romp´er — romp «romp», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to play in a rough, boisterous way; rush, tumble, and punch in play: »boys and girls romping together and running after one another (Samuel Butler). 2. a) to run or go rapidly and with little effort, as in racing … Useful english dictionary
romp — romp·er; romp·ish; romp; romp·ing·ly; romp·ish·ness; … English syllables
romp — [rämp] n. [< earlier ramp, vulgar woman, hussy, prob. < ME rampen < OFr ramper: see RAMP2] 1. a person who romps, esp. a girl 2. [< ROMP the vi.] boisterous, lively play or frolic 3. a) an easy, winnin … English World dictionary
Romp — Romp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Romped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Romping}.] [A variant of ramp. See {Ramp} to leap, {Rampallian}.] 1. To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play. [1913 Webster] 2. To go rapidly and without strained… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
romp — n frolic, rollick, gambol, disport, sport, play (see under PLAY vb) romp vb frolic, rollick, gambol, disport, sport, *play … New Dictionary of Synonyms
romp — [n] fun; caper antic, cakewalk*, cavort, dance, escapade, frisk, frolic, gambol, hop, lark, leap, play, rollick, rout, skip, sport; concepts 292,384 Ant. seriousness romp [v] have fun, enjoy oneself caper, cavort, celebrate, cut capers*, cut up* … New thesaurus
romp — ► VERB 1) play about roughly and energetically. 2) informal achieve something easily. 3) (romp home/in) informal finish as the easy winner of a race or other contest. 4) informal engage in sexual activity. ► NOUN 1) a spell of romping … English terms dictionary
ROMP — [Abk. für ringöffnende Metathesepolymerisation]: ↑ Ringöffnungspolymerisation … Universal-Lexikon
romp — (v.) 1709, perhaps a variant of ramp (v.); see RAMPAGE (Cf. rampage). Meaning to win (a contest) with great ease first attested 1888. Related: Romped; romping … Etymology dictionary
romp — romp1 [rɔmp US ra:mp] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: ramp [i] to behave threateningly (14 19 centuries), from French ramper; RAMPANT] 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] to play in a noisy way, especially by running, jumping etc romp around/about ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
