romp

romp
1. intransitive verb
1) [herum]tollen
2) (coll.): (win, succeed, etc. easily)

romp home or in — spielend gewinnen

romp through something — etwas spielend schaffen

2. noun
Tollerei, die

have a romp — [herum]tollen

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[romp] 1. verb
1) (to play in a lively way, especially by running about, jumping etc: The children and their dog were romping about on the grass.) balgen
2) (to progress quickly and easily: Some people find these problems difficult but he just romps through them.) spielend bewältigen
2. noun
(the act of romping: The children had a romp in the grass.) die Balgerei
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romp
[rɒmp, AM rɑ:mp]
I. vi
1. (play) children, young animals tollen
to \romp around [or about] herumtollen
2. (fam: go easily)
to \romp through sth mit etw dat spielend fertigwerden, etw mit links machen
don't worry, you'll \romp through! keine Sorge, du schaffst das schon!
to \romp home [or in] [or to victory] BRIT SPORT spielend gewinnen
3. (fam: have sex) bumsen vulg, vögeln vulg
II. n
1. (play) Tollerei f kein pl
2. (book, film, play) Klamauk m kein pl
3. (fam) SPORT leichter Sieg
4. (fam: erotic activity)
sex \romp Sexspiel[chen] nt meist pej
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[rɒmp]
1. n
Tollerei f; (hum = sexual intercourse) Nümmerchen nt (inf)

the play was just a romp — das Stück war reiner Klamauk

to have a romp — herumtollen or -toben/ein Nümmerchen machen (inf)

2. vi
1) (children, puppies) herumtollen or -toben

he came romping up to me — er kam auf mich zugetollt

2)

to romp away with the title — den Titel einstecken

3)

to romp through sth — mit etw spielend fertig werden, etw mit der linken Hand erledigen

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romp [rɒmp; US auch rɑmp]
A v/i
1. auch romp about (oder around) herumtollen, sich balgen:
romp through fig spielend durchkommen;
romp through an examination eine Prüfung mit links bestehen umg
2. rasen, (dahin)flitzen:
romp away davonziehen (Rennpferd etc);
romp in (oder home) leicht oder spielend gewinnen
3. umg poussieren, schmusen (beide:
with mit)
B s
1. obs Wildfang m, Range f
2. Tollen n, Toben n, Balgerei f:
have a romp A 1
3. umg Techtelmechtel n, Geschmuse n
4. SPORT leichter oder müheloser Sieg
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1. intransitive verb
1) [herum]tollen
2) (coll.): (win, succeed, etc. easily)

romp home or in — spielend gewinnen

romp through something — etwas spielend schaffen

2. noun
Tollerei, die

have a romp — [herum]tollen

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n.
Range -n f. v.
tollen v.

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