romp
- to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.
- to run or go rapidly and without effort, as in racing.
- to win easily.
- a lively or boisterous frolic.
- a person who romps.
- a quick or effortless pace: The work was easy, and he went through it in a romp.
- an effortless victory.
Origin of romp
Synonyms for romp
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for romped
frolic, cavort, gambol, prance, caper, play, skip, revel, frisk, lark, roister, sport, celebrate, skylarkExamples from the Web for romped
Contemporary Examples of romped
Republican Jody Hice romped home in a safe rural Georgia congressional district last night.
In two suburban swing counties in New York, unknown Republicans romped over longtime Democratic officeholders.
But in Texas, Obama romped to victory, winning about 88 percent of the vote.
And where voters were more affluent and moderate, Romney romped.
The result was an election outcome that would make David Axelrod rejoice: "He romped home with 303 electoral votes."
Historical Examples of romped
He got other boys to do his exercises for him, while he romped and scrambled about.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
You forget I was but a bairn when we romped in the hay-dash.
John SplendidNeil Munro
Canterbury, having cheered the victor wholeheartedly, romped home.
Left End EdwardsRalph Henry Barbour
They romped, like boys playing leap-frog or follow-my-leader.
Left End EdwardsRalph Henry Barbour
Nan had romped and played in and about the cottage all her life.
Nan Sherwood at Pine CampAnnie Roe Carr
romp
- to play or run about wildly, boisterously, or joyfully
- romp home or romp in to win a race easily
- a noisy or boisterous game or prank
- an instance of sexual activity between two or more people that is entered into light-heartedly and without emotional commitmentnaked sex romps
- Also called: romper archaic a playful or boisterous child, esp a girl
- an easy victory