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Romp   /rɑmp/   Listen
noun
Romp  n.  
1.
A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
2.
Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport. "While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust."


verb
Romp  v. i.  (past & past part. romped; pres. part. romping)  
1.
To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
2.
To go rapidly and without strained effort.
3.
To win easily; often used with over, in sports games; as, the Yankees romped over the Boston Red Sox, 10-2.





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"Romp" Quotes from Famous Books



... Six inches droop was gone from his old shoulders. "It'll be de grandest race eber run in ol' Kentucky! Lawsy, Cunnel, won't it tickle you to death to see Queen Bess romp in ...
— In Old Kentucky • Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey
... especially Doris. She is our invalid girl, you see, and is very dear to us. She can't romp and play like the others, and I suppose for that reason she appeals ...
— The Fourth Watch • H. A. Cody
... kittens. They bounced on all fours like balls. Then they pitched forward, kicking their heels in the air. The Iktomi arrow watched them so happy on the ground. Looking quickly up into the sky, he said in his heart, "The magician is out of sight. I'll just romp and frolic with these fawns until he returns. Fawns! Friends, do not fear me. I want to jump and leap with you. I long to be happy as you are," said he. The young fawns stopped with stiff legs and stared at the speaking arrow with large brown wondering ...
— Old Indian Legends • Zitkala-Sa
... the sun glinted on the water and sent points of light dancing on the wavelets like bits of glass. Children in blue rompers burrowed and jangled their painted spades and pails; nursemaids planted umbrellas in the sand and watched their charges romp; parasols flashed past ...
— Every Soul Hath Its Song • Fannie Hurst
... home from the meeting the next Saturday evening, and entered the sitting-room in her usual whirlwind style, she found her father there having a romp with Freddie. ...
— A Missionary Twig • Emma L. Burnett


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