English noun: romp | |||
1. | romp (event) an easy victory | ||
Synonyms | blowout, laugher, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway | ||
Broader (hypernym) | triumph, victory | ||
2. | romp (person) a girl who behaves in a boyish manner | ||
Synonyms | hoyden, tomboy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman | ||
3. | romp (act) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | ||
Samples | It was all done in play. Their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly. | ||
Synonyms | caper, frolic, gambol, play | ||
Broader (hypernym) | diversion, recreation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | coquetry, craziness, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, folly, foolery, game, horseplay, indulgence, lunacy, teasing, tomfoolery, toying, word play | ||
English verb: romp | |||
1. | romp (motion) play boisterously | ||
Samples | The children frolicked in the garden. The gamboling lambs in the meadows. The toddlers romped in the playroom. | ||
Synonyms | cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, run around, skylark, sport | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | play | ||
2. | romp (motion) run easily and fairly fast | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | run | ||
3. | romp (competition) win easily | ||
Samples | Romp a race. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | win | ||