romp

English

Etymology

Probably a variant of ramp.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmp

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Verb

romp (third-person singular simple present romps, present participle romping, simple past and past participle romped)

1. (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
   • When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
2. (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
   • If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds.
   • Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak.
3. To win easily.
   • England romped to an easy win over Australia.
   • 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:

     Ronald Koeman collected that prize in the run-up to this game, and then watched his team romp to their biggest victory for nearly a century, inflicting a defeat that Sunderland will struggle to forget.

4. (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.

Translations

to play roughly or energetically

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喧闹玩耍

• Dutch: stoeien (nl), rondhuppelen,
• Finnish: peuhata (fi), temmeltää
• French: s’ébattre (fr)
• Galician: rebuldar
• German: raufen (de)
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• Hungarian: hancúroz
• Italian: spassarsela, ruzzare (it), scorrazzare (it)
• Japanese: はしゃぎ回る（はしゃぎまわる, hasyagi mawaru）
• Maori: tuapa
• Russian: беситься (ru) (besitʹsja), шали́ть (ru) (šalítʹ)
• Spanish: retozar (es)

Noun

romp (plural romps)

1. (now archaic) Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. [from 17th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 57:

     I will venture to affirm, that a girl, whose spirits have not been damped by inactivity, or innocence tainted by false shame, will always be a romp, and the doll will never excite attention unless confinement allows her no alternative.

2. A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]
   • Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in The Sun)
3. An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. [from 19th c.]
4. (chiefly sports) A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• romper room
• rompers
• romper suit

• romp home
• romping good
• rompy

Related terms

• rumpus

Translations

period of boisterous play

• Dutch: stoeipartij (nl)
• Finnish: peuhaaminen, peuhu, temmellys
• Galician: rebuldo m
• German: Balgerei (de) f, Tollerei f, Toben n, Tollen (de) n, Herumtollen n, Herumtoben n, Rauferei (de) f
• Hungarian: hancúrozás
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• Italian: scorrazzata f
• Japanese: 大はしゃぎ（おおはしゃぎ, oo hasyagi）
• Maori: tuapa
• Spanish: retozo (es), revolcón

Anagrams

• PROM, Prom, prom

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Afrikaans

Noun

romp (plural rompe)

1. skirt

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Catalan

Verb

romp

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔmp

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Noun

romp m (plural rompen, diminutive rompje n)

1. trunk, torso
2. (ship) hull