Romper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɒmpə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Romper is a noun meaning Someone who romps or frolics.
Meaning
Someone who romps or frolics.
More Meanings
- (nautical) A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy.
- A onesie.
- (Ireland, historical, transitive) To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered; associated with the Ulster Defence Association.
Example Sentences
James McCartan was about to be ‘rompered’, but not before those present poured themselves drinks.
For a brief spell in 1974, Polly was singing in blackface as Sarah Leone with a British reggae romper named Tony Jackson.
Prompted to pose on her bed, [Tavi Gevinson] dressed in a skimpy romper, “pouting,” she recalled, “with heavily lined eyes and straightened blonde hair.”
Word Forms
- rompers
- rompering
- rompered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frivoler, frapler, gambol, caperer, gambade, spree.
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