Other forms: romped, romps, romping
To romp is to play boisterously, or to win very easily. Romp in the garden, romp to victory, a romping win.
The sporting sense is the commoner in print: to romp home is to win by a distance. As a noun a romp is also a light and cheerfully silly film or book, which is a third use and always a compliment of a mild kind.
1verbrompTo play boisterously, or to win very easily.
“The puppies romped around the garden, chasing each other's tails.”
romp is a playing, or a winning.
Probably a variant of ramp, in the old sense of rearing or rushing about.
Probably a variant of ramp.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA