romp

CEFRB2

/ɹɒmp/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To play or move energetically and happily.
02
verb
Extra detail
(Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Ronald Koeman collected that prize in the run-up to this game, and then watched his team romp to their biggest victory for nearly a century, inflicting a defeat that Sunderland will struggle to forget.
2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian
From Crewe, of course, the ten-coach load of 347/370 tons was a laughably easy proposition for the two engines, between them in effect making up Class "11" power, and they fairly romped away with the train.
1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 477
This wasn't salacious, romping 'sex', tabloid style
1997, Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture
Ladbrokes is offering 2-1 odds that contestants WILL romp in the ten-week show.
2006, Martin Conboy, quoting The Sun, Tabloid Britain: Constructing a Community Through Language, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 204
One young lady who had just romped with an A-List Hollywood star, panicked during my strategic silence and threw in an entirely unexpected line about how he'd enjoyed throttling himself with his tie.
2010 May 13, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK, →ISBN

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Probably a variant of ramp.