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Romp   /rɑmp/   Listen
Romp

noun
1.
An easy victory.  Synonyms: blowout, laugher, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway.
2.
A girl who behaves in a boyish manner.  Synonyms: hoyden, tomboy.
3.
Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.  Synonyms: caper, frolic, gambol, play.  "Their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"
verb
(past & past part. romped; pres. part. romping)
1.
Play boisterously.  Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, run around, skylark, sport.  "The gamboling lambs in the meadows" , "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
2.
Run easily and fairly fast.
3.
Win easily.



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"Romp" Quotes from Famous Books



... always ready to drop a book for a romp with Pat Patterson. Bounding about the deck together, they looked like a greyhound and a St. Bernard—she slim and alert, he with his rough hair tumbling over his merry, freckled face. Often their games ended by her ...
— Honey-Sweet • Edna Turpin
... husk from halt dupe hurl musk pomp malt tune turn rusk romp salt flute churn stung long waltz plume hurt pluck song swan glue curl drunk strong wasp droop deck chill for sheath gloom neck drill corn shell loop next quill fork shorn hoof text skill form shout roof desk spill sort shrub ...
— McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book • W. H. McGuffey
... Violet said anything of the new plans for the winter till the babies had had their evening romp and been taken away to bed. Violet, as usual, went with them, and the captain was left alone ...
— Elsie's Vacation and After Events • Martha Finley
... brought her cubs for Kintaro to romp with, and when she came to take them home Kintaro would get on her back and have a ride to her cave. He was very fond of the deer too, and would often put his arms round the creature's neck to show that its long horns did not frighten him. Great was the fun ...
— Japanese Fairy Tales • Yei Theodora Ozaki
... from which to choose. After dinner she sees that the servants are set to dine, and then the busy housewife may become the lady of leisure and amuse herself. If in the country she may ride out hawking with a gay party of neighbours; if in town, on a winter's day, she may romp and play with other married ladies of her tender years, exchange riddles or tell stories round the fire. But what she most loves is to wander in her garden, weaving herself garlands of flowers, violets, gilly flowers, roses, thyme, ...
— Medieval People • Eileen Edna Power


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