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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To play or frolic boisterously.
  2. v. To run or advance in a rapid or easy manner.
  3. v. Slang To win a race or game easily.
  4. n. Lively, merry play; frolic.
  5. n. Lively or frolicsome play that encompasses lovemaking.
  6. n. One, especially a girl, that sports and frolics.
  7. n. A rapid or easy pace.
  8. n. Slang An easy win.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To play rudely and boisterously; leap and frisk about in play.
  2. n. A rude girl who indulges in boisterous play.
  3. n. Rude play or frolic: as, a game of romps.
  4. In racing, to run easily, as if in a frolic; run without effort; hence, to accomplish something with apparently little effort.
  5. n. In racing, an easy, unforced pace.

Wiktionary

  1. v. intransitive To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
  2. v. transitive (US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
  3. v. To win easily.
  4. v. slang To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
  5. n. A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
  6. n. slang A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
  7. n. archaic A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
  2. v. To go rapidly and without strained effort.
  3. v. To win easily; -- often used with over, in sports games
  4. n. A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
  5. n. Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a girl who behaves in a boyish manner
  2. n. an easy victory
  3. v. run easily and fairly fast
  4. v. win easily
  5. v. play boisterously
  6. n. gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

Etymologies

  1. Alteration of ramp2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • bilby "A forward wanton girl, a tomrig. Grey, in his notes to Shakespeare, derives it from arompo, an animal found in South Guinea, that is a man eater."
    - Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'. Sep 12, 2008

  • minerva See also romping bout. (Does not apply to river otters.) Feb 5, 2008

  • yarb A sex romp really is the acme of eroticism. Feb 5, 2008

  • goatboy According to the tabloid newspapers, no one famous ever has sex. The have sex romps. Feb 5, 2008

  • skipvia A group of river otters Nov 15, 2007

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