English

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

Noun

romp ‎(plural romps)

1. A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
2. (slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
   • Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in The Sun)
3. (archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

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Derived terms

Related terms

• rumpus

Anagrams

• prom, PROM

Afrikaans

Noun

romp ‎(plural rompe)

1. skirt

Catalan

Verb

romp

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔmp

Noun

romp m ‎(plural rompen, diminutive rompje n)

1. trunk, torso
2. (ship) hull