romp
verb (used without object)
to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.
have been romping
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present perfect progressiveof romp.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The young people will have been romping about the parlours or the purlieus for a couple of hours—and will all make their appearance in the beauty of high health and high spirits.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by John Lyde Wilson
Nice cheerful work it would have been romping about the mountains alone, wouldn’t it?”
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Bertram Mitford
