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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Romping \Romp"ing\ (r[o^]mp"[i^]ng), a.
     Inclined to romp; indulging in romps.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A little romping girl from boarding school. --W.
                                                    Irving.
     [1913 Webster]

















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