romp
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
romp
n 1: an easy victory [syn: {runaway}, {blowout}, {romp},
{laugher}, {shoo-in}, {walkaway}]
2: a girl who behaves in a boyish manner [syn: {tomboy}, {romp},
{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},
{romp}, {gambol}, {caper}]
v 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},
{romp}, {run around}, {lark about}]
2: run easily and fairly fast
3: win easily; "romp a race"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Romp \Romp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Romped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Romping}.] [A variant of ramp. See {Ramp} to leap,
{Rampallian}.]
1. To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about
in play.
[1913 Webster]
2. To go rapidly and without strained effort.
[PJC]
3. To win easily; -- often used with over, in sports games;
as, the Yankees romped over the Boston Red Sox, 10-2.
[PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "romp":
amazon, androgyne, antic, babe, baby, beam, bob, bounce, broad,
butch, cakewalk, caper, capriole, caracole, carol, carry on,
cavort, chick, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, colleen, curvet,
cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel,
dance, delight, demoiselle, dido, disport, doll, dyke, exult,
filly, flounce, fool around, frail, frisk, frolic, gal, gambado,
gambol, girl, girlie, glory, glow, heifer, horse around, hoyden,
jeune fille, jill, joy, jubilate, jump about, junior miss, lass,
lassie, laugh, lesbian, lilt, little missy, mademoiselle, maid,
maiden, miss, missy, nymphet, piece, play, prance, radiate cheer,
ramp, rejoice, revel, rollick, rout, schoolgirl, schoolmaid,
schoolmiss, sing, skip, skip for joy, skirt, slip, smile, sparkle,
sport, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, teenybopper,
tomato, tomboy, trip, virago, virgin, walkaway, walkover, wench,
whistle, young creature, young thing
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