Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

romp

/ɹɔmp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: romp
IPA: /ɹɔmp/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.

Intransitive verb

verb

(Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To make progress or win easily.

verb

To move with little effort relatively quickly.

verb

To engage in playful or illicit sex.

Slang

noun

Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

Archaic

noun

A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit.

noun

An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment.

Example Sentences

"sport (formal)"
"When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something."
"If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds."
"Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak."
"I romped through my finals."
"England romped to an easy win over Australia."

Etymology

Probably a variant of ramp.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɔmp/
British English: /ɹɒmp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

romps (present, singular) romping (participle, present) romped (participle, past) romped (past) romps (plural)

Derived Forms

romper rompery rompingly rompish rompers rompy

Phrases

romper room romper suit romp home romping good romp in the hay

Frequently Paired Words

rumpus

Synonyms

play frolic gambol caper runaway blowout laugher shoo-in walkaway

Antonyms

squeak

Rhymes With

comp swamp stomp pomp chomp duchamp tromp klomp whomp clomp yomp glomp

Questions

How do you pronounce romp?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɔmp/.
What does romp mean?: To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
Where does romp come from?: Probably a variant of ramp.

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