romp

romp
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. i. frolic, caper, cavort, gambol, frisk. See amusement.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. frolic, play, gambol, caper, frisk, dance, skip, hop, rollicking, cavorting, sport.
v.
Syn. gambol, celebrate, frolic; see play 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
play, frolic, cavort, frisk, rollick, gambol, prance, fool around, revel.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb To leap and skip about playfully: caper, cavort, dance, frisk, frolic, gambol, rollick. See WORK. II noun Slang. An easy victory: walkaway, walkover. Informal: runaway. See EASY, WIN.

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  • 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 — Romp, n. 1. A girl who indulges in boisterous play. [1913 Webster] 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

  • 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

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