romp

1. 1.

   play boisterously

   “The children frolicked in the garden”

   “the gamboling lambs in the meadows”

   “The toddlers romped in the playroom”

   Synonymsfroliclarkrollickskylarkdisportsportcavortgambolfriskrun aroundlark about

   Broaderplay
2. 2.

   run easily and fairly fast

   Broaderrun
3. 3.

   win easily

   “romp a race”

   Broaderwin

Other forms of romp

plural

romps·

past tense

romped·

present participle

romping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about romp

What does romp mean?

romp means "an easy victory". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in romp?

romp has 1 syllable: romp. In IPA it is /ˈɹɑmp/.

What is another word for romp?

Close synonyms include runaway, blowout, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is romp a common word?

romp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.