rompn.

Brit.

/rɒmp/, U.S.

/rɑmp/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: ramp n.¹; romp v.

Etymology: Probably partly a variant (with rounding of the vowel before a nasal) of ramp n.¹, and partly (in later use) < romp v.

1. A person who romps, esp. a lively, playful girl or young woman. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicker

wantonc1450

friskera1549

a merry (or mad) grig1566

friskin1596

uptails1602

gamester1616

romp1678

romper?1780

frolicker1801

skylarker1818

larker1826

rollicker1837

larrikin1868

rompster1893

jive-ass1964

1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd i. i. 2 How silly is the Show and Pomp, That's practis'd there by every Romp.

1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses i. 7 Your Romps that have no regard to the common Rules of Civility.

a1726 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife (1743) iv. 54 One that will know how to deal with such Romps as you are.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 468 [Johnson] She was a better romp than any I ever saw in nature.

1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 159 The Matrons and Seniors of the Stage frisking and dashing through the parts of Romps, and Rakes.

1846 T. De Quincey Syst. Heavens in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 567/2 Such a girl..you might call a romp; but not a hoyden, observe; no horse-play.

1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons l. xi. 257 Another variety of the fat school-girl is there in the romp.

1921 S. Henry French Ess. & Profiles 225 A romp, a clown, with his lôge full of pictures of chanticleers in honor of the family name.

1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman iv. 62 ‘My love, it is time and more that you ceased to be such a sad romp!’ said Lady Bolderwood, with a reproving look.

2000 E. Gilbert Stern Men (2001) v. 106 Mrs. Pommeroy had been a romp as a young girl, but she'd quit drinking when Mr. Pommeroy drowned.

a. A spell of rough, energetic play; a lively frolic; (now frequently) spec. a spell of sexual activity, esp. an illicit or transient one (colloquial). Now also: a playful or light-hearted journey or progression; a jaunt. In early use chiefly in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic

oliprancec1390

ragerya1393

vague1523

rex1566

friskin1570

gambol1573

reak1573

prank1576

vagary1588

whirligig1589

caper1592

prinkum-prankum1596

firk1611

frolica1635

carryings-on1663

ramp1696

romp1713

freak1724

scheme1758

rig1782

lark1811

escapade1814

gammock1819

gambade1821

enfantillage1827

game1828

shines1830

rollick1834

rusty1835

high jinksa1845

escapado1849

shenanigan1855

rum-tum1876

panta1901

gas1914

1713 J. Gay Wife of Bath i. 3 She is as frolicksome as a young Wench in the Month of May, plays at Romps with the Pilgrims all round.

1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant iii. 36 What, are you at Romps, good People?

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 241 A game of romps was never so well dignified before.

1797 F. Burney Let. Dec. (1891) III. xxi. 137 My little rogue soon engaged him in a romp.

1847 G. Ticknor Life, Lett. & Jrnls. II. xi. 229 The most thorough game of romps I have come across for many a day.

1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. x. 214 I have been having a romp with my godson.

1938 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 170 So just remember when you get that glance, a romp and a quickie is all little Dickie means when he mentions romance.

1966 Black Belt June 20/1 Koreans in both city and country leave their homes for a romp in the outdoors.

1992 P. Auster Leviathan (1993) ii. 88 She was simply amusing herself with a brief romp while her husband was out of town.

2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. i. 11 We were in and out of the Tintern shops in seconds,..dormitory romps, strict discipline in alpine chalet schools, yakking bunny rabbits.

b. A lively, fast-paced, and usually frivolous play, film, or other entertainment.

ΚΠ

1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 19 Oct. 504/1 ‘Poor Mr. Potton’, at the Vaudeville, is called a farce,..but it is hardly more than a romp.

1942 Los Angeles Times 31 Oct. i. 7/2 This will immediately follow that hilarious romp, ‘Out of the Frying Pan’, which is proving a great drawing card.

1964 Film Q. Summer 59/2 Shock Treatment could have been a romp. Unfortunately Sanders has only managed a sporadically amusing, but frequently limp and sagging, film.

2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. c1 The film is a romantic romp about a couple of corporate security types working a con on the corporations and on each other.

c. colloquial (originally U.S.). Chiefly Sport. A victory by a substantial margin; a game, race, etc., which is won easily. Cf. in a romp at Phrases and romp v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win

winningc1330

lurchingc1350

lurch1598

whitewash1834

win1862

whitewash1866

romp1919

upset1921

sweep1960

1919 G. Rice in Ft. Wayne (Indiana) News & Sentinel 27 Sept. 6/4 These impressions are offered to remove the idea..that the Sox will have a romp.

1930 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 17 Feb. 10/6 (heading) Guards hold Hub forwards to four field goals in 81 to 10 romp.

1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3 Mar. 1 d/7 USC scored 104 points enroute to a 104-55 romp over DePauw back in December.

1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. 3 The Republican Party's Election Day romp surprised even the most prescient soothsayers along Wall Street.

1985 Los Angeles Times 20 Feb. (Home ed.) iii. 4/1 Oilers..scored six consecutive goals to turn the game into a romp.

2003 Greyhound Star Aug. 40/4 Good Grain 3/1 turned the final of the Ballylooby Confined 29.70 Stake into a romp..when beating Ballybrazil Hero by seven lengths in 28.94.

Phrases

in a romp: with the greatest ease (esp. of a victory achieved by a substantial margin). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] > with the greatest of ease

in a romp1893

1893 Rider & Driver 5 Aug. 14/2 Nowhere, ridden by Mr. Storm, took the lead and was never headed, winning in a romp.

1901 J. 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.

1955 Baseball Digest Oct. 32/2 Series teams that had won their pennants in a romp prevailed over those who had to fight all the way.

2006 T. F. Schaller Whistling Past Dixie v. 154 Racicot helped the Republicans regain the majority in both houses of the state legislature, then won reelection in a romp in 1996.

Compounds

C1.

romp-loving adj.

ΚΠ

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 151 Romp-loving miss Is haul'd about, in gallantry robust.

1887 K. Hodges Fifty Years Queen xvi. 139 In less than a year Prince Leopold had won over merry romp-loving Princess Charlotte to a degree of dignified propriety.

1912 B. Moses Charles Dickens i. ii. 21 Happy, hearty, romp-loving boys, learning in the healthy atmosphere of a good man's influence.

2005 LA Weekly (Nexis) 25 Nov. 76 Tail-wagging, ball-chasing, romp-loving puppies.

C2.

romp suit n. originally U.S. = romper suit n. at romper n. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1878 St. Joseph (Mich.) Traveler Herald 25 May (advt.) Children's Suits, from the lowest priced Calico Romp Suits to the most costly Graduation and Party dresses.

1961 W. Sansom Last Hours Sandra Lee 70 A fresh-faced girl in a romp-suit leapt from cold Essex water.

2007 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 32 A baby romp suit from Italian designer Album Di Famiglia costs $180.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rompv.

Brit.

/rɒmp/, U.S.

/rɑmp/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ramp v.¹

Etymology: Probably a variant (with rounding of the vowel before a nasal) of ramp v.¹ Compare slightly later romp n. and slightly earlier romping adj. Compare also later rump v. 1.

1. intransitive. To play roughly or energetically (esp. of children and animals); to sport or frolic in a lively, light-hearted, or boisterous manner; (now frequently) spec. to engage in sexual activity, esp. of an illicit nature.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)]

floxec1200

ragea1275

to dance antics1545

rig1570

to keep (also play) reaks1573

wanton1582

wantonize1592

frolic1593

wantonize1611

hoit1613

mird?c1625

to play about1638

freak1663

romp1665

rump1680

ramp1735

jinket1742

skylark1771

to cut up1775

rollick1786

hoity-toity1790

fun1802

lark1813

gammock1832

haze1848

marlock1863

train1877

horse1901

mollock1932

spadger1939

grab-ass1957

1665 R. Monsey Scarronides 84 The women Bacchanalian, Came romping down with many a Stallian.

1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money iv. ii. 36 They were both found Romping in the Garden with 'em last Night.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 15. ⁋2 This careless Jade was eternally romping with the Footman.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 380 How will you..prevent your sons from consorting with the black-guard, or your daughters from romping among the grooms?

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 83 Gentlemen..romped with the girls of the house.

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 213 The young people will have been romping about the parlours.

1870 H. Smart Race for Wife ii. 31 They had romped together as children.

1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley ix. 62 The big mare.., after romping about the road for a minute or two, tore away at a gallop.

1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. 436/2 Happy the official who can spare an hour or two during a busy day to romp with the kiddies at a time like this.

1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout xvii. 189 Max, red-faced and perspiring, romped about like an overgrown schoolboy, enjoying the game as much as any of the children.

1970 J. Finney Time & Again (1974) xiii. 174 Dogs barked, romped, rolled, and cavorted, excited by the snap in the air and the snow.

1999 News of World 26 Sept. 3/1 Now Angela..vigorously backs moves to jail tutors who romp with pupils—even if they are over the age of consent.

2. colloquial.

a. intransitive. To proceed easily and rapidly. Also in extended use. Frequently with adverbs or adverbial phrases (now esp. with to (a lead or victory)).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and easily

to go or run on wheelsc1547

to go away1635

romp1816

the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)]

romp1928

stroll1976

1816 European Mag. 70 61/1 The native playfulness and arch simplicity with which she has delightfully romped through a variety of interesting characters.

1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob 120 To use the language of the turf, she romped clean away from them.

1893 H. M. Doughty Our Wherry in Wendish Lands 70 In what was rough water to our little ship we romped along.

1928 Sunday Express 22 July 1/1 The child of 1928 simply romps through papers which were ‘teasers’ for the child of 1914.

1951 People 17 June 2 Petula Clark, who romps away with her first grown-up part with all-star honours.

1960 Times 16 May 19/1 He and Davies romped to a 5–1 lead.

1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather ii. 8 I romped through the training, passing out eventually with the highest marks anyone could remember.

1976 Southwest 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.

2006 D. Mark Going Dirty (2007) i. 7 Clinton romped to a solid, near-landslide level Electoral College victory.

b. intransitive. To get home (also in) with ease; to win a race, contest, etc., with ease. Also in extended use.Esp. in early use particularly associated with horse racing, and later often in sporting contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (intransitive)] > win

win1297

romp1869

to run out1869

account1928

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > win easily

to win in a canter1853

to win in a walk1858

romp1869

to walk over (the course)1903

to walk home1932

to coast home1934

walk1937

to romp it1967

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner

to be shot on the post1868

romp1869

dead-heat1887

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse

to carry weight1734

to get up1840

screw1840

to come again1841

to set to1856

to wait off1856

romp1869

to answer the question1875

compound1876

to gallop to a standstill1892

nick1898

to take up1912

rate1920

1869 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 340 St. Albans fairly romping home for the St. Leger.

1881 E. 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’.

1891 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 20 Mar. (Farmer) I recall his recent half-mile at Oxford, when he romped home in the easiest possible manner.

1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. xvii. 444 A demy poster..to inform the public that the true friend of the public was ‘romping in’.

1927 Observer 18 Sept. 17/2 It is a bad blow to official Labour that Mr. Larkin should have romped home in north Dublin.

1950 Sport 22 Sept. 4/1 On Saturday the Forest ‘stiffs’ romped home to a 5–1 victory over Halifax.

1974 Times 2 Mar. 4/7 Mr Thorpe..romped home in his own constituency while Liberals elsewhere were generally less successful.

1992 M. Pearce & G. Stewart Brit. Polit. Hist. 1867–1990 iii. 98 Against all his expectations Salisbury romped home with another massive majority.

c. transitive. British. To win (a contest, esp. an election) easily. Frequently in to romp it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > win easily

to win in a canter1853

to win in a walk1858

romp1869

to walk over (the course)1903

to walk home1932

to coast home1934

walk1937

to romp it1967

1967 Economist 28 Jan. (Survey Suppl.) p. x/1 The Liberals, quietly led by Mr Holt, romped it.

1979 Guardian 21 June 14/4 The Tories won (no, romped) the election on that manifesto.

1981 Guardian 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.

1984 Sun 7 Nov. 1 (headline) Reagan romps it.

2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 56 CSKA were a superb side yet people expected us to romp it.

3. transitive. To drive or convey in a romping fashion. Also with it. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > rapidly

rush1554

whirr1609

posta1616

whirl1616

spin1696

romp1895

shoot1919

shimmy1923

the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > rapidly

brush1827

romp1895

june1903

1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 78 Baloo..would shamble alongside a wavering line and half frighten, half romp it clumsily back to the proper road.

1897 Daily News 3 May 7/3 They were being romped back to Hanopoulo as fast as mules could take them.

1908 World To-day Apr. 394/2 The little baby toddled away from his mother, and the gentle way in which he was romped back to her side but completed the picture of applied Christianity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	romp
释义	rompn. Brit. /rɒmp/, U.S. /rɑmp/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: ramp n.¹; romp v. Etymology: Probably partly a variant (with rounding of the vowel before a nasal) of ramp n.¹, and partly (in later use) < romp v. 1. A person who romps, esp. a lively, playful girl or young woman. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > frolicker wantonc1450 friskera1549 a merry (or mad) grig1566 friskin1596 uptails1602 gamester1616 romp1678 romper?1780 frolicker1801 skylarker1818 larker1826 rollicker1837 larrikin1868 rompster1893 jive-ass1964 1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd i. i. 2 How silly is the Show and Pomp, That's practis'd there by every Romp. 1712 J. Arbuthnot John Bull Still in Senses i. 7 Your Romps that have no regard to the common Rules of Civility. a1726 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife (1743) iv. 54 One that will know how to deal with such Romps as you are. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 468 [Johnson] She was a better romp than any I ever saw in nature. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xviii. 159 The Matrons and Seniors of the Stage frisking and dashing through the parts of Romps, and Rakes. 1846 T. De Quincey Syst. Heavens in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 567/2 Such a girl..you might call a romp; but not a hoyden, observe; no horse-play. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons l. xi. 257 Another variety of the fat school-girl is there in the romp. 1921 S. Henry French Ess. & Profiles 225 A romp, a clown, with his lôge full of pictures of chanticleers in honor of the family name. 1951 G. Heyer Quiet Gentleman iv. 62 ‘My love, it is time and more that you ceased to be such a sad romp!’ said Lady Bolderwood, with a reproving look. 2000 E. Gilbert Stern Men (2001) v. 106 Mrs. Pommeroy had been a romp as a young girl, but she'd quit drinking when Mr. Pommeroy drowned. 2. a. A spell of rough, energetic play; a lively frolic; (now frequently) spec. a spell of sexual activity, esp. an illicit or transient one (colloquial). Now also: a playful or light-hearted journey or progression; a jaunt. In early use chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] > a frolic oliprancec1390 ragerya1393 vague1523 rex1566 friskin1570 gambol1573 reak1573 prank1576 vagary1588 whirligig1589 caper1592 prinkum-prankum1596 firk1611 frolica1635 carryings-on1663 ramp1696 romp1713 freak1724 scheme1758 rig1782 lark1811 escapade1814 gammock1819 gambade1821 enfantillage1827 game1828 shines1830 rollick1834 rusty1835 high jinksa1845 escapado1849 shenanigan1855 rum-tum1876 panta1901 gas1914 1713 J. Gay Wife of Bath i. 3 She is as frolicksome as a young Wench in the Month of May, plays at Romps with the Pilgrims all round. 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant iii. 36 What, are you at Romps, good People? 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 241 A game of romps was never so well dignified before. 1797 F. Burney Let. Dec. (1891) III. xxi. 137 My little rogue soon engaged him in a romp. 1847 G. Ticknor Life, Lett. & Jrnls. II. xi. 229 The most thorough game of romps I have come across for many a day. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. x. 214 I have been having a romp with my godson. 1938 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 170 So just remember when you get that glance, a romp and a quickie is all little Dickie means when he mentions romance. 1966 Black Belt June 20/1 Koreans in both city and country leave their homes for a romp in the outdoors. 1992 P. Auster Leviathan (1993) ii. 88 She was simply amusing herself with a brief romp while her husband was out of town. 2001 I. Sinclair Landor's Tower (2002) i. i. 11 We were in and out of the Tintern shops in seconds,..dormitory romps, strict discipline in alpine chalet schools, yakking bunny rabbits. b. A lively, fast-paced, and usually frivolous play, film, or other entertainment. ΚΠ 1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 19 Oct. 504/1 ‘Poor Mr. Potton’, at the Vaudeville, is called a farce,..but it is hardly more than a romp. 1942 Los Angeles Times 31 Oct. i. 7/2 This will immediately follow that hilarious romp, ‘Out of the Frying Pan’, which is proving a great drawing card. 1964 Film Q. Summer 59/2 Shock Treatment could have been a romp. Unfortunately Sanders has only managed a sporadically amusing, but frequently limp and sagging, film. 2009 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. c1 The film is a romantic romp about a couple of corporate security types working a con on the corporations and on each other. c. colloquial (originally U.S.). Chiefly Sport. A victory by a substantial margin; a game, race, etc., which is won easily. Cf. in a romp at Phrases and romp v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > winning or win winningc1330 lurchingc1350 lurch1598 whitewash1834 win1862 whitewash1866 romp1919 upset1921 sweep1960 1919 G. Rice in Ft. Wayne (Indiana) News & Sentinel 27 Sept. 6/4 These impressions are offered to remove the idea..that the Sox will have a romp. 1930 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 17 Feb. 10/6 (heading) Guards hold Hub forwards to four field goals in 81 to 10 romp. 1974 State (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3 Mar. 1 d/7 USC scored 104 points enroute to a 104-55 romp over DePauw back in December. 1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Nov. 3 The Republican Party's Election Day romp surprised even the most prescient soothsayers along Wall Street. 1985 Los Angeles Times 20 Feb. (Home ed.) iii. 4/1 Oilers..scored six consecutive goals to turn the game into a romp. 2003 Greyhound Star Aug. 40/4 Good Grain 3/1 turned the final of the Ballylooby Confined 29.70 Stake into a romp..when beating Ballybrazil Hero by seven lengths in 28.94. Phrases in a romp: with the greatest ease (esp. of a victory achieved by a substantial margin). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > easy, easily, or without difficulty [phrase] > with the greatest of ease in a romp1893 1893 Rider & Driver 5 Aug. 14/2 Nowhere, ridden by Mr. Storm, took the lead and was never headed, winning in a romp. 1901 J. 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. 1955 Baseball Digest Oct. 32/2 Series teams that had won their pennants in a romp prevailed over those who had to fight all the way. 2006 T. F. Schaller Whistling Past Dixie v. 154 Racicot helped the Republicans regain the majority in both houses of the state legislature, then won reelection in a romp in 1996. Compounds C1. romp-loving adj. ΚΠ 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 151 Romp-loving miss Is haul'd about, in gallantry robust. 1887 K. Hodges Fifty Years Queen xvi. 139 In less than a year Prince Leopold had won over merry romp-loving Princess Charlotte to a degree of dignified propriety. 1912 B. Moses Charles Dickens i. ii. 21 Happy, hearty, romp-loving boys, learning in the healthy atmosphere of a good man's influence. 2005 LA Weekly (Nexis) 25 Nov. 76 Tail-wagging, ball-chasing, romp-loving puppies. C2. romp suit n. originally U.S. = romper suit n. at romper n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1878 St. Joseph (Mich.) Traveler Herald 25 May (advt.) Children's Suits, from the lowest priced Calico Romp Suits to the most costly Graduation and Party dresses. 1961 W. Sansom Last Hours Sandra Lee 70 A fresh-faced girl in a romp-suit leapt from cold Essex water. 2007 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 32 A baby romp suit from Italian designer Album Di Famiglia costs $180. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rompv. Brit. /rɒmp/, U.S. /rɑmp/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: ramp v.¹ Etymology: Probably a variant (with rounding of the vowel before a nasal) of ramp v.¹ Compare slightly later romp n. and slightly earlier romping adj. Compare also later rump v. 1. 1. intransitive. To play roughly or energetically (esp. of children and animals); to sport or frolic in a lively, light-hearted, or boisterous manner; (now frequently) spec. to engage in sexual activity, esp. of an illicit nature. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > frolic [verb (intransitive)] floxec1200 ragea1275 to dance antics1545 rig1570 to keep (also play) reaks1573 wanton1582 wantonize1592 frolic1593 wantonize1611 hoit1613 mird?c1625 to play about1638 freak1663 romp1665 rump1680 ramp1735 jinket1742 skylark1771 to cut up1775 rollick1786 hoity-toity1790 fun1802 lark1813 gammock1832 haze1848 marlock1863 train1877 horse1901 mollock1932 spadger1939 grab-ass1957 1665 R. Monsey Scarronides 84 The women Bacchanalian, Came romping down with many a Stallian. 1691 T. D'Urfey Love for Money iv. ii. 36 They were both found Romping in the Garden with 'em last Night. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 15. ⁋2 This careless Jade was eternally romping with the Footman. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 380 How will you..prevent your sons from consorting with the black-guard, or your daughters from romping among the grooms? 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 83 Gentlemen..romped with the girls of the house. 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 213 The young people will have been romping about the parlours. 1870 H. Smart Race for Wife ii. 31 They had romped together as children. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Lumley ix. 62 The big mare.., after romping about the road for a minute or two, tore away at a gallop. 1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. 436/2 Happy the official who can spare an hour or two during a busy day to romp with the kiddies at a time like this. 1948 ‘R. Crompton’ Family Roundabout xvii. 189 Max, red-faced and perspiring, romped about like an overgrown schoolboy, enjoying the game as much as any of the children. 1970 J. Finney Time & Again (1974) xiii. 174 Dogs barked, romped, rolled, and cavorted, excited by the snap in the air and the snow. 1999 News of World 26 Sept. 3/1 Now Angela..vigorously backs moves to jail tutors who romp with pupils—even if they are over the age of consent. 2. colloquial. a. intransitive. To proceed easily and rapidly. Also in extended use. Frequently with adverbs or adverbial phrases (now esp. with to (a lead or victory)). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and easily to go or run on wheelsc1547 to go away1635 romp1816 the world > action or operation > easiness > do or accomplish something easily [verb (intransitive)] romp1928 stroll1976 1816 European Mag. 70 61/1 The native playfulness and arch simplicity with which she has delightfully romped through a variety of interesting characters. 1891 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob 120 To use the language of the turf, she romped clean away from them. 1893 H. M. Doughty Our Wherry in Wendish Lands 70 In what was rough water to our little ship we romped along. 1928 Sunday Express 22 July 1/1 The child of 1928 simply romps through papers which were ‘teasers’ for the child of 1914. 1951 People 17 June 2 Petula Clark, who romps away with her first grown-up part with all-star honours. 1960 Times 16 May 19/1 He and Davies romped to a 5–1 lead. 1968 J. Sangster Touchfeather ii. 8 I romped through the training, passing out eventually with the highest marks anyone could remember. 1976 Southwest 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. 2006 D. Mark Going Dirty (2007) i. 7 Clinton romped to a solid, near-landslide level Electoral College victory. b. intransitive. To get home (also in) with ease; to win a race, contest, etc., with ease. Also in extended use.Esp. in early use particularly associated with horse racing, and later often in sporting contexts. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (intransitive)] > win win1297 romp1869 to run out1869 account1928 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > win easily to win in a canter1853 to win in a walk1858 romp1869 to walk over (the course)1903 to walk home1932 to coast home1934 walk1937 to romp it1967 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > finish in specific manner to be shot on the post1868 romp1869 dead-heat1887 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > engage in horse racing [verb (intransitive)] > actions of horse to carry weight1734 to get up1840 screw1840 to come again1841 to set to1856 to wait off1856 romp1869 to answer the question1875 compound1876 to gallop to a standstill1892 nick1898 to take up1912 rate1920 1869 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 340 St. Albans fairly romping home for the St. Leger. 1881 E. 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’. 1891 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 20 Mar. (Farmer) I recall his recent half-mile at Oxford, when he romped home in the easiest possible manner. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. xvii. 444 A demy poster..to inform the public that the true friend of the public was ‘romping in’. 1927 Observer 18 Sept. 17/2 It is a bad blow to official Labour that Mr. Larkin should have romped home in north Dublin. 1950 Sport 22 Sept. 4/1 On Saturday the Forest ‘stiffs’ romped home to a 5–1 victory over Halifax. 1974 Times 2 Mar. 4/7 Mr Thorpe..romped home in his own constituency while Liberals elsewhere were generally less successful. 1992 M. Pearce & G. Stewart Brit. Polit. Hist. 1867–1990 iii. 98 Against all his expectations Salisbury romped home with another massive majority. c. transitive. British. To win (a contest, esp. an election) easily. Frequently in to romp it. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > win > win easily to win in a canter1853 to win in a walk1858 romp1869 to walk over (the course)1903 to walk home1932 to coast home1934 walk1937 to romp it1967 1967 Economist 28 Jan. (Survey Suppl.) p. x/1 The Liberals, quietly led by Mr Holt, romped it. 1979 Guardian 21 June 14/4 The Tories won (no, romped) the election on that manifesto. 1981 Guardian 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. 1984 Sun 7 Nov. 1 (headline) Reagan romps it. 2007 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Aug. 56 CSKA were a superb side yet people expected us to romp it. 3. transitive. To drive or convey in a romping fashion. Also with it. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > rapidly rush1554 whirr1609 posta1616 whirl1616 spin1696 romp1895 shoot1919 shimmy1923 the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > rapidly brush1827 romp1895 june1903 1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 78 Baloo..would shamble alongside a wavering line and half frighten, half romp it clumsily back to the proper road. 1897 Daily News 3 May 7/3 They were being romped back to Hanopoulo as fast as mules could take them. 1908 World To-day Apr. 394/2 The little baby toddled away from his mother, and the gentle way in which he was romped back to her side but completed the picture of applied Christianity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1678v.1665
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