To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
sport (formal)
When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
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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.
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To make progress or win easily.
I romped through my finals.
England romped to an easy win over Australia.
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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.2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:
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With adverb To move with little effort relatively quickly.
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.1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 477:
This wasn't salacious, romping 'sex', tabloid style1997, Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture:
Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show.2006, Martin Conboy, quoting The Sun, Tabloid Britain: Constructing a Community Through Language, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 204:
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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.2010 May 13, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
Archaic Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.
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.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
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A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit.
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An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily.