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English Dictionary: romp |
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3 results for romp |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- romp
- n
- an easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, romp,
laugher, shoo-in, walkaway]
- a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
Synonym(s): tomboy, romp, hoyden
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
Synonym(s): play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper
- v
- play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
Synonym(s): frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
- run easily and fairly fast
- win easily; "romp a race"
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Romp \Romp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Romped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Romping}.] [A variant of ramp. See {Ramp} to leap,
{Rampallian}.]
To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in
play.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Romp \Romp\, n.
1. A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
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