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▪ I. romp, n.|rɒmp|
[Perh. a later form of ramp n.1 with slight modification of sense.]
1. One who romps; esp. a play-loving, lively, merry girl (or woman).
1706Vanbrugh Prov. Wife iv. iii, One that knows how to deal with such romps as you are. 1713Arbuthnot John Bull ii. i, Your Romps that have no regard to the common Rules of Civility. 1783Johnson in Boswell Life (Oxf. ed.) II. 512 She was a better romp than any I ever saw in nature. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) xviii. xv, The Matrons and Seniors of the Stage frisking and dashing through the parts of Romps and Rakes. 1846De Quincey Syst. Heavens Wks. III. 171 Such a girl..you might call a romp; but not a hoyden, observe; no horse-play. 1862Sala Seven Sons l. xi. 257 Another variety of the fat school-girl is there in the romp.
2. a. A piece of lively, boisterous play; a merry frolic. Freq. in pl.
1734Fielding Universal Gallant iii, What, are you at romps, good people? 1756–82J. Warton Ess. Pope I. iv. 248 A game of romps was never so well dignified before. 1797F. Burney Lett. Dec., My little rogue soon engaged him in a romp. 1847Ticknor Life, Lett. & Jrnls. II. xi. 229 The most thorough game of romps I have come across for many a day. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. x, I have been having a romp with my godson.
Comb.1730–46Thomson Autumn 528 Romp-loving Miss Is haul'd about, in gallantry robust.
b. Phr. in a romp, with the greatest ease.
1901J. Ralph War's Brighter Side xv. 249 One said to me, as he pointed at Maghersfontain Kopje, ‘Set a brewery upon top of that and my regiment will take the place in a romp.’ 1904‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. Feb. 192/1 Rompiro will win in a romp... We'll carry the country by 10,000.
3. attrib., as romp-suit = romper 2.
1961W. Sansom Last Hours of Sandra Lee iv. 70 A fresh-faced girl in a romp-suit.
Add:[2.] c. Chiefly in Sport. A victory by a substantial margin; an easily-won game. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1961in Webster. 1974State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3 Mar. 1–d/7 USC scored 104 points enroute to a 104-55 romp over DePauw back in December. 1976Ilkeston Advertiser 10 Dec. 18/2 This match was not the romp for Borough that the score-line suggests. 1985Los Angeles Times 20 Feb. (Home ed.) iii. 4/1 Oilers, who trailed, 2-0, early in the second period, scored six consecutive goals to turn the game into a romp. 1988Rugby World & Post Nov. 37/1 Ten tries..were scored against the Royal Navy at Penzance in a 44-3 romp.
▪ II. romp, v.|rɒmp|
[Perh. a modification of ramp v.1 Cf. romp n.]
1. intr. To play, sport, or frolic in a very lively, merry, or boisterous manner.
1709Steele Tatler No. 15 ⁋2 This careless Jade was eternally romping with the Footman. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 143 How will you..prevent your sons from consorting with the blackguard, or your daughters from romping among the grooms? 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 83 Gentlemen..romped with the girls of the house. 1842J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 143 The young people will have been romping about the parlours. 1881H. Smart Race for Wife ii, They had romped together as children.
transf.1891‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley ix, The big mare.., after romping about the road for a minute or two, tore away up a steep hill.
2. Chiefly Racing slang:
a. To move, cover the ground, easily and rapidly. Also transf.
1891‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob 120 To use the language of the turf, she romped clean away from them. 1893H. M. Doughty Our Wherry 70 In what was rough water to our little ship we romped along. 1928Sunday Express 22 July 1/1 The child of 1928 simply romps through papers which were ‘teasers’ for the child of 1914. 1951People 17 June 2 Petula Clark, who romps away with her first grown-up part with all⁓star honours. 1960Times 16 May 19/1 He and Davies romped to a 5–1 lead. 1964Amer. Folk Music Occasional i. 40 Those..lists of Broadway..romp up past the million mark in a few months. 1968J. Sangster Touchfeather ii. 8, I romped through the training, passing out eventually with the highest marks anyone could remember. 1976Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith, Arkansas) 20 Sept. 1 b/1 The Dallas Cowboys overcame a rash of early errors and romped to a 24–6 National Football League victory over the New Orleans Saints.
b. To get in (or home), to win a race or prize with the greatest ease. Also transf.
1881E. W. Hamilton Diary 28 Oct. (1972) I. 178 The Liberal candidate, though a Roman Catholic and not supposed to be a good candidate, simply ‘romped in’. 1888‘Thormanby’ Men of the Turf 16 Eclipse..simply romped in, the easiest of winners. 1891Sporting Life 20 Mar. (Farmer), I recall his recent half-mile at Oxford, when he romped home in the easiest possible manner. 1910A. Bennett Clayhanger III. xvii. 444 A demy poster..to inform the public that the true friend of the public was ‘romping in’. 1927Observer 18 Sept. 17/2 It is a bad blow to official Labour that Mr. Larkin should have romped home in north Dublin. 1950Sport 22–28 Sept. 4/1 On Saturday the Forest ‘stiffs’ romped home to a 5–1 victory over Halifax. 1974Times 2 Mar. 4/7 Mr Thorpe..romped home in his own constituency while Liberals elsewhere were generally less successful. 1977West Briton 25 Aug. 18/1 Troon were handsome winners on Saturday when, facing a Hayle score of 200 for seven, they romped home by seven wickets.
3. trans. To drive or convey in a romping fashion.
1895Kipling 2nd Jungle Bk. 78 Baloo..would shamble alongside a wavering line and half frighten, half romp it clumsily back to the proper road. 1897Daily News 3 May 7/3 They were being romped back to Hanopoulo as fast as mules could take them.
Add:[2.] c. to romp it, to win a contest, esp. an election, easily.
1967Economist 28 Jan. (Survey Suppl.) p. x/1 There are the makings of trouble here for the future of good federal government in Australia. The Liberals, quietly led by Mr Holt, romped it. It was not an election of very positive thinking. 1981Guardian Weekly 12 Apr. 22/3 If a widening grin is the test of a novel's entertainment value in retrospect, A Good Man In Africa romps it. 1984Sun 7 Nov. 1 (headline) Reagan romps it. |