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romper en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹɑmpɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɒmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From romp + -er.

Meanings

  1. Someone who romps or frolics.
    • 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:
  2. A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy.

Forms

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rompers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

straggler

romper en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹɑmpɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɒmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Ellipsis of romper suit.

Meanings

  1. A onesie.
    • 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:

Forms

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rompers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

bubble romper

romper en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹɑmpɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈɹɒmpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From romper room.

Meanings

  1. (Ireland, historical, transitive) To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered; associated with the Ulster Defence Association.
    • 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:

Forms

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rompers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rompered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rompered Tense=Past lexicographic
rompering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

romper room