单词 | rompering |
释义 | † romperingn.1 Obsolete. rare. Romping; rough or boisterous play; fighting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > frolicking or romping > [noun] rampinga1425 daffing1535 May game1571 horseplay1590 hoiting1594 wantonizing1598 roguery1611 romperinga1625 hoity-toity1668 frolicking1676 frolic1677 romping1694 wantoning1701 vagary1791 skylarking1809 larking1813 rollicking1823 high-jinking1891 shenaniganning1924 grab-ass1948 mollocking1959 bants2008 a1625 J. Fletcher Wit without Money (1639) v. sig. H3 I scorne sleepe... I scorne meate, I come for rompering, I come to waite upon my charge discreetely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). romperingn.2 Now historical. In Northern Ireland: a savage beating or other brutal attack carried out by Loyalist paramilitaries. ΚΠ 1973 M. Dillon & D. Lehane Polit. Murder in N. Ireland 110 [He] was on the wrong end of the standard UDA ‘rompering’. He was tied to a chair and questioned, and to loosen his tongue his questioners beat him. 1984 S. Nelson Ulster's Uncertain Defender xii. 146 Allegations of racketeering and extortion had grown steadily while brutality like ‘rompering’ further lost them community support. 1995 E. Boland Coll. Poems 51 Town and country at each other's throat..until one night Walls began to multiply, to spawn Like lewd whispers of the goings-on, The romperings, the rape on either side. The silent killing. 2005 P. Larkin Very Brit. Jihad x. 124 My trump card in this argument was always the loyalist concept of ‘rompering’. The term ‘rompering’ is particularly sinister because it actually comes from a children's TV show called the Romper Room. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1a1625n.21973 |
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