romp
/ɹɑmp/ verb C2- To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously. · sport (formal)· When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
- (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.
- To make progress or win easily. · I romped through my finals.· England romped to an easy win over Australia.
- To move with little effort relatively quickly. · We romped along with the wind astern.
- To engage in playful or illicit sex.
He/she/it romps · Past romped · Past participle romped · -ing form romping
Verb forms
- Base form
- romp
- He/she/it
- romps
- Past
- romped
- Past participle
- romped
- -ing form
- romping
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Why, Morton or Johnson, the Oxford fliers, could romp round him.
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