romper

CEFRB2

/ˈɹɒmpə/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
noun
A one-piece garment combining a top and shorts, usually for children or women.
02
noun
Extra detail
A onesie.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

Extra meaning

To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered; associated with the Ulster Defence Association.

In context

The toddler crawled around the living room in a blue romper.
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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For a brief spell in 1974, Polly was singing in blackface as Sarah Leone with a British reggae romper named Tony Jackson.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 316
Prompted to pose on her bed, [Tavi Gevinson] dressed in a skimpy romper, “pouting,” she recalled, “with heavily lined eyes and straightened blonde hair.”
2021 May 4, Ruth La Ferla, “On That Bombshell Billie Eilish Cover for British Vogue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
James McCartan was about to be ‘rompered’, but not before those present poured themselves drinks.
2003, Martin Dillon, The Trigger Men: Assassins and Terror Bosses in the Ireland Conflict

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