Rump vs Romp - What's the difference?
rump | romp |
The hindquarters of an animal
A cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
The buttocks.
Remnant, as in rump parliament .
To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
* When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
(US) (Often used with down ) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
* If I romp down on the gas, it'll do sixty in six seconds.
* Coach Smith had to romp on 'em to get 'em out of a losing streak.
To win easily.
* England romped to an easy win over Australia.
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(slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
(slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
* Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in )
(archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.
As nouns the difference between rump and romp
is that rump is the hindquarters of an animal while romp is a period of boisterous play, a frolic.As a verb romp is
to play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.rump
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
*(hindquarters of an animal) croupe, crupper * (cut of meat from the hindquarters of an animal) * seeDerived terms
* rump parliament; see * rump stateromp
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(en verb)Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- 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.