Romp \Romp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Romped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Romping}.] [A variant of ramp. See {Ramp} to leap, {Rampallian}.] 1. To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
2. To go rapidly and without strained effort. [PJC]
3. To win easily; -- often used with over, in sports games; as, the Yankees romped over the Boston Red Sox, 10-2. [PJC]
Romp \Romp\, n. 1. A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
2. Rude, boisterous play or frolic; rough sport.
While romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson.
Baby-face Tony Dow as Wally joins his old high-school buddies in a hopelessly awkward romp through a time warp, each playing the same role he or she perfected 20 years ago.
Atwater is considered a master of negative campaigning, and was an architect of the strategy that helped Bush wipe out a 17-point poll lead by Democrat Michael Dukakis and romp to a 40-state victory in the presidential race.
In London, meanwhile, share prices closed higher but off the day's best levels, as a midmorning romp higher ran out of steam on mild profit-taking.
The movie is a kinetic romp through the early years of rock 'n' roll, when Elvis was King and pretenders like Jerry Lee threatened to topple him.
The topsy-turvy, ever-changing plot makes "Nightshade" an interesting interplanetary romp.
Tony Blair, Tory prime minister, would romp home with a majority not seen since Margaret Thatcher left the stage. Admittedly, the fact that he is leader of the opposition is an obstacle.
Then came Mark-Anthony Turnage's jazzy romp, Release, and Steve Martland's Shoulder to shoulder, a more disciplined exercise in post-Stravinskyan rhythmic battery.
The 39.0 rating for the telecast of San Francisco 49ers' 55-10 romp over the Denver Broncos was the lowest ever for a Super Bowl in prime time and the lowest overall since 1969.
This madcap four-hour romp could have been written by an 18th-century Mel Brooks, and Mr. McGegan says it has as much appeal for him as Bach, because of Telemann's lighter, more citified sense of humor.
The Metropolitan Opera has performed "Martha" since it moved to Lincoln Center in 1966 but did not make of it such a jolly romp.
The stakes are highest for Honduras, to which thousands of Contras would escape a Sandinista romp.
"This is the only place right now that keeps my soul fulfilled. I could romp out there, but I see more lost souls." When she is ready to sell her historic building, Clarence Chu will be ready to buy it.
"Tom Jones" (1963): A bawdy romp through 18th century England.
I knowed he was going to get into trouble." The first hint came when he was 7. Ghetto gangs appeared outside his great-grandmother's rowhouse at night and whistled for him to come out and romp.
A merry romp about which I have absolutely no philosophical reservations is "Daugherty & Field Off-Broadway," a sparkling two-man revue at the Double Image Theater in Soho.
The actor, however, elected to avoid the morning crush of screenings and news conferences for a romp in the zoo.
No. 30 is full of humor, a light-hearted romp in the opening Molto Allegro movement, followed by a stately Andantino, Menuetto and Haydenesque surprise ending in the final Presto.
With a wonderful reggae soundtrack and the scenic beauty of Port Antonio, Jamaica, "The Mighty Quinn" is a smooth and exciting romp.