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Romp

noun

An easy victory. Synonyms: blowout, laugher, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway.

A girl who behaves in a boyish manner. Synonyms: hoyden, tomboy.

Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement. Synonyms: caper, frolic, gambol, play. "Their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly"

verb

(past & past part. romped; pres. part. romping)

Play boisterously. Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, run around, skylark, sport. "The gamboling lambs in the meadows" , "The toddlers romped in the playroom"

Run easily and fairly fast.

Win easily.

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"Romp" Quotes from Famous Books

... attention: it said, 'We shall soon be at Knowlton—for Christmas, I suppose. It is growing too wintry for mamma near the sea, though I like it better in a high wind than in a calm; and a gale is such fun—such a romp. The Dulhamptons have arrived: the old Marchioness never appears till three o'clock, and only out in the carriage twice since they came. I can't say I very much admire Lady Constance, though she is to be Chelford's wife. She has fine eyes—and I think no other good point—much too dark for my ...

— Wylder's Hand • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

... of desert sand. She couldn't cross the desert, but she could, and did, beautifully get round it; so that for him to convert it into an obstacle he would have had to cause himself, as in some childish game or unbecoming romp, to be pursued, to be genially hunted. This last was a turn he was well aware the occasion should on no account take; and there loomed before him—for the mere moment—the prospect of her fairly proposing that ...

— The Golden Bowl • Henry James

... Squeaknibble. 'Let the others think what they please,' said she, 'but I don't believe in Santa Claus. I'm not going to bed, either. I'm going to creep out of this dark hole and have a quiet romp, all by myself, in the moonlight.' Oh, what a vain, foolish, wicked little mouse was Squeaknibble! But I will not reproach the dead; her punishment came all too swiftly. Now listen: who do you suppose overheard her talking ...

— A Little Book of Profitable Tales • Eugene Field

... this job of umpirin' a little-deeds-of-kindness campaign, as conducted by J. Bayard Steele, Esq., ain't any careless gladsome romp through the daisy fields. It's a ...

— Shorty McCabe on the Job • Sewell Ford

... five-minute periods return determines whether the child is "good" or "bad." In the intervals the restless little feet stray into flowerbeds; stand on chairs so that grimy, dimpled hands may reach forbidden jam; run and romp in pure joyous innocence, or kick spitefully at authority. Then the little fellow may go to sleep, smile in his dreams so that mamma says angels are talking to him (nurse says wind on the stomach); when he awakens the ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 1 of 14 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great • Elbert Hubbard

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