Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.

    sport (formal)

    When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.

    raufen, toben

    беситьсяbesitʹsja, шали́тьšalítʹ

    play boisterously

  2. (US, transitive)(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.

  3. To make progress or win easily.

    I romped through my finals.

    England romped to an easy win over Australia.

    win easily

  4. To move with little effort relatively quickly.

    We romped along with the wind astern.

  5. (slang)To engage in playful or illicit sex.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. My dog likes to romp in the snow.

    ruМоя собака любит возиться в снегу.

    deMein Hund mag es im Schnee herumzutollen.

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  2. Tom loves to play and romp with his kids when he gets home from work.

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  3. There are many collective nouns for a group of otters, including 'bevy', 'family', 'romp', and, when they are in water, 'raft'.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to play roughly or energetically:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to play roughly or energetically:

Origin

Probably a variant of ramp.

Probably a variant of ramp.

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Forms

romps, romping, romped, romped
Base formromp · to romp
3rd person singularromps
Present participleromping
Past simpleromped
Past participleromped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyromp
he, she, itromps

Past simpleLesson

all personsromped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave romped
he, she, ithas romped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill romp

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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