ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (nautical) A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy.
  2. A onesie.
  3. (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.”

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Related dictionary entries include frivoler, frapler, gambol, caperer, gambade, spree.

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