- romp around
- romp aroundto run and bounce around playfully. •
The horses were in the meadow, romping around in the crisp autumn air.
•The children need to get out and romp around.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
romp around
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romp — romp1 [rɔmp US ra:mp] v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: ramp [i] to behave threateningly (14 19 centuries), from French ramper; RAMPANT] 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] to play in a noisy way, especially by running, jumping etc romp around/about ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
romp — [n] fun; caper antic, cakewalk*, cavort, dance, escapade, frisk, frolic, gambol, hop, lark, leap, play, rollick, rout, skip, sport; concepts 292,384 Ant. seriousness romp [v] have fun, enjoy oneself caper, cavort, celebrate, cut capers*, cut up* … New thesaurus
romp — I UK [rɒmp] / US [rɑmp] verb [intransitive] Word forms romp : present tense I/you/we/they romp he/she/it romps present participle romping past tense romped past participle romped if children or animals romp, they play or move around in a lively… … English dictionary
romp — romp1 [ ramp ] verb intransitive if children or animals romp, they play or move around in a lively and often noisy way romp home/to victory MAINLY JOURNALISM to win something such as a race or competition very easily romp ,through phrasal verb… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
romp — 1 verb (I) 1 (always + adv/prep) to play in a noisy way, especially by running, jumping etc (+ around/about): They could hear the children romping around upstairs. 2 romp home if someone or something, especially a horse in a race, romps home,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
romp — Synonyms and related words: amazon, androgyne, antic, babe, baby, beam, bob, bounce, broad, butch, cakewalk, caper, capriole, caracole, carol, carry on, cavort, chick, chirp, chirrup, clap hands, colleen, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up,… … Moby Thesaurus
romp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. frolic, caper, cavort, gambol, frisk. See amusement. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. frolic, play, gambol, caper, frisk, dance, skip, hop, rollicking, cavorting, sport. v. Syn. gambol, celebrate, frolic;… … English dictionary for students
romp — v 1. frisk, gambol, rollick; frolic, caper, cavort, disport oneself gaily; spring, spring about, vault, hop, trip, trip about, trip gaily; bounce, skip, jump around. 2. carouse, revel, tear about, have a fling; celebrate, make merry, have fun. n… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
run around — verb play boisterously (Freq. 3) The children frolicked in the garden the gamboling lambs in the meadows The toddlers romped in the playroom • Syn: ↑frolic, ↑lark, ↑rollick, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
horse around — Synonyms and related words: act up, antic, be foolish, be stupid, behave ill, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, cut up rough, dabble, dally, dance, disport, fiddle, fiddle with … Moby Thesaurus
fool around — Synonyms and related words: antic, be foolish, be stupid, caper, caracole, carry on, cavort, clown, clown around, coquet, curvet, cut a dido, cut capers, cut up, dabble, dally, dance, disport, fiddle, fiddle with, fiddle faddle, fidget with,… … Moby Thesaurus
