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ROMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
Example:
their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
Synonyms:
caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("romp" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "romp"):
coquetry; dalliance; flirt; flirtation; flirting; toying (playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest)
craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery (foolish or senseless behavior)
game (frivolous or trifling behavior)
horseplay (rowdy or boisterous play)
teasing (playful vexation)
word play (playing on words or speech sounds)
Derivation:
romp (play boisterously)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An easy victory
Synonyms:
blowout; laugher; romp; runaway; shoo-in; walkaway
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("romp" is a kind of...):
triumph; victory (a successful ending of a struggle or contest)
Derivation:
romp (win easily)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A girl who behaves in a boyish manner
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("romp" is a kind of...):
fille; girl; miss; missy; young lady; young woman (a young female)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they romp ... he / she / it romps
Past simple: romped
Past participle: romped
-ing form: romping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Win easily
Example:
romp a race
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "romp" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
romp (an easy victory)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Play boisterously
Example:
The toddlers romped in the playroom
Synonyms:
cavort; disport; frisk; frolic; gambol; lark; lark about; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "romp" is one way to...):
play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)
romper (a person who romps or frolics)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Run easily and fairly fast
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "romp" is one way to...):
run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
romper (a person who romps or frolics)
Context examples:
After supper she undertook the German, and blundered through it, nearly upsetting her partner with her long skirt, and romping in a way that scandalized Laurie, who looked on and meditated a lecture.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Likewise he learned to romp with the master, to be tumbled down and rolled over, and be the victim of innumerable rough tricks.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Laurie's eyes followed her with pleasure, for she neither romped nor sauntered, but danced with spirit and grace, making the delightsome pastime what it should be.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He had begun to romp with them in a feeble, awkward way, and even to squabble, his little throat vibrating with a queer rasping noise (the forerunner of the growl), as he worked himself into a passion.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"No, I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt, and was altogether abominable," said Meg self-reproachfully.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"You have been running, Jo. How could you? When will you stop such romping ways?" said Meg reprovingly, as she settled her cuffs and smoothed her hair, with which the wind had taken liberties.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"We don't like romps and flirts, though we may act as if we did sometimes. The pretty, modest girls are never talked about, except respectfully, among gentleman. Bless your innocent soul! If you could be in my place for a month you'd see things that would astonish you a trifle. Upon my word, when I see one of those harum-scarum girls, I always want to say with our friend Cock Robin...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
So Meg went away to 'accept with thanks', look over her dress, and sing blithely as she did up her one real lace frill, while Jo finished her story, her four apples, and had a game of romps with Scrabble.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Laurie knew this pillow well, and had cause to regard it with deep aversion, having been unmercifully pummeled with it in former days when romping was allowed, and now frequently debarred by it from the seat he most coveted next to Jo in the sofa corner.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
