romp
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Is romp a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of romp?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.Examples: "When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something."intransitive
2. (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.Examples: "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."UStransitive
3. (with adverb) To move with little effort relatively quickly.Examples: "We romped along with the wind astern."; "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."
4. (slang, chiefly newspapers) To engage in playful or illicit sex.Examples: "This wasn't salacious, romping 'sex', tabloid style"; "Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show."; "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."slang
noun (English)
1. (now archaic) Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.Examples: "I will venture to affirm, that a girl, whose spirits have not been damped by inactivity, or innocence tainted by false shame, will always be a romp, and the doll will never excite attention unless confinement allows her no alternative."archaic
2. (chiefly sports) A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily.
Definition source: Wiktionary