Hypertext Webster Gateway: "romp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Romp \Romp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Romped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Romping}.] [A variant of ramp. See {Ramp} to leap,
{Rampallian}.]
To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in
play.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Romp \Romp\, n.
1. A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
romp
n 1: an easy victory [syn: {runaway}, {laugher}, {shoo-in}, {walkaway}]
2: a girl who behaves in a boyish manner [syn: {tomboy}, {hoyden}]
3: gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or
amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the
surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: {play}, {frolic}, {gambol},
{caper}]
v 1: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers
romped in the palyroom" [syn: {frolic}, {lark}, {rollick},
{skylark}, {disport}, {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk},
{run around}, {lark about}]
2: run easily and fairly fast
3: win easily; "romp a race"
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