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romp

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Probably a variant of ramp.

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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.
  4. (with adverb) To move with little effort relatively quickly.
    We romped along with the wind astern.
    • 1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 477:
      From Crewe, of course, the ten-coach load of 347/370 tons was a laughably easy proposition for the two engines, between them in effect making up Class "11" power, and they fairly romped away with the train.
  5. (slang, chiefly newspapers) To engage in playful or illicit sex.
    • 1997, Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture:
      This wasn't salacious, romping 'sex', tabloid style
    • 2006, Martin Conboy, quoting The Sun, Tabloid Britain: Constructing a Community Through Language, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 204:
      Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show.
    • 2010 May 13, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      One young lady who had just romped with an A-List Hollywood star, panicked during my strategic silence and threw in an entirely unexpected line about how he'd enjoyed throttling himself with his tie.

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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.]
  2. A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]
  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.]

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romp (plural rompe)

  1. skirt

Catalan

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romp

  1. inflection of rompre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch romp, from Proto-Germanic *rumpa-, which could be related to *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”). Also compare Proto-Slavic *rǫbiti (“to chop”).

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romp m (plural rompen, diminutive rompje n)

  1. trunk, torso
  2. (ship) hull

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian rompere, from Latin rumpere.

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romp

  1. to break
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