romp

1 an easy victory [syn: runaway, blowout, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway]

2 a girl who behaves in a boyish manner [syn: tomboy, hoyden]

3 gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, frolic, gambol, caper]

1 play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, run around, lark about]

2 run easily and fairly fast

3 win easily; "romp a race"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmp

Intransitive verb

1. To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.

Translations

• Finnish: peuhata
• German: raufen
• Japanese: はしゃぎ回る（はしゃぎまわる, hasyagi mawaru）

Noun

1. A spell of boisterous play, a frolic.

Translations

• Japanese: 大はしゃぎ（おおはしゃぎ, oo hasyagi）

Derived terms

• romper suit
• romp home
• rompers
• rompy

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