as in spree
a time or instance of carefree fun
one last romp before starting their new life as parents
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as in to dance
to play and run about happily
the kids romped on the lawn until dinner was ready
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Recent Examples of romp
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Last year, Boston went on an even more impressive wire-to-wire romp, following up a 64-18 regular season with a cruise through the playoffs and Finals.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Murat Ates, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
While most of the experience was easy and pleasant, spent romping through the park in summer weather, providing the fantasy involved more effort on some days.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Comments On March 14, Netflix released The Electric State, a new sci-fi romp from Joe and Anthony Russo, the Avengers: Endgame directors who will soon return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Avengers: Doomsday.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Last year, Boston went on an even more impressive wire-to-wire romp, following up a 64-18 regular season with a cruise through the playoffs and Finals.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
He was even booed — briefly, and by a minority of fans — after a giveaway led to Vancouver’s only goal in a 6-1 Jets romp last week.
—Murat Ates, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
While most of the experience was easy and pleasant, spent romping through the park in summer weather, providing the fantasy involved more effort on some days.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for romp
Noun
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Starting around 2011 Endeavor went on a buying spree acquiring everything from the Professional Bull Riders to the Frieze Art Fair.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2025
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New England Patriots The Patriots continued their free-agent spending spree Tuesday night, adding star wide receiver Stefon Diggs to a receiving group that needed a No. 1.—
Austin Mock,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The film starts at a Mediterranean party resort, where British teenager Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce) joins her two best friends for a summer holiday of drinking, dancing and chasing the freedom that comes with youth (a la Spring Breakers).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Multiple stores have been getting facelifts, along with the area’s signature Boardwalk Inn. UCF’s downtown arts festival: Music, murder and dancing dragons UCF Celebrates the Arts, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, features theater, music, lectures, art and kids’ activities.—
Matthew J. Palm,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.—
Scott Hocker,
theweek,
26 Nov. 2024
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In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.—
Celia Wren,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2023
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The video cuts between scenes that are soaked in cold blue hues and others that are hyper-realistic, where the couple runs through city streets and frolic through parks.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Neighbors drift from apartment to apartment, frolicking or fighting, partying more than working, as the day drags on like a high that won’t go away.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Queen’s Gambit netflix Ripley Year: 2024 Length: 1 season, 8 episodes Creator: Steven Zaillian The first adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s infamous novel since Matt Damon and Jude Law cavorted around Italy stars the phenomenal Andrew Scott as the title character, Tom Ripley.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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Directly opposite the Pendry stands the notorious Riot House Bar (now Andaz West Hollywood) where Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones snorted and cavorted in the ’60s and ’70s.—
Edmund Vallance,
AFAR Media,
18 Mar. 2025
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This prevents the disease from hopping to other communities, Offit explains.—
Ripley Cleghorn,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2025
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Reuniting with her ex Danni (Sadie Scott), the pair hops around Trashtown to earn the fee while encountering some peculiar characters along the way.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2025
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Waterman smashed the ball past U.S. goalkeeper Matt Turner to seal the contest, then immediately leaped over the advertising boarding behind the goal and ran straight toward Henry, who sat alongside fellow broadcasters Kate Scott, Clint Dempsey and Maurice Edu.—
Martin Rogers,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Running around in circles Problems with denials are just the latest in an endless series of hoops that the SIV program forces Afghan applicants and American supervisors to leap through.—
Beth Bailey,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2024
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Chapman persuaded Ford Motor Co. to fulfill his V-8 engine requirements and built the first of what were to become revolutionary Lotus-Fords, pencil-thin cars that looked like spiders capering through the turns.—
Mike Kupper,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2024
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“Romp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romp. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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