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romping

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romp  (rmp)
intr.v. romped, romp·ing, romps
1. To play or frolic boisterously.
2. To run or advance in a rapid or easy manner.
3. Slang To win a race or game easily.
n.
1.
a. Lively, merry play; frolic.
b. Lively or frolicsome play that encompasses lovemaking.
2. One, especially a girl, that sports and frolics.
3. A rapid or easy pace.
4. Slang An easy win.

[Alteration of ramp.]
Translations
romping
adj, rompingly
adv, rompish
adj, rompishly
adv (= lively and boisterous)ausgelassen, wild


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They all consist of active, romping, mischievous evolutions, in which every limb is brought into requisition.
Nor were they permitted to become intimate, to the extent of romping and playing with him, nor even of whistling to him along the deck.
Nearly everybody was abroad, chatting, singing, romping, or massed in lazy comfortable attitudes in the doorways.
 
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