different between romp vs leap
romp
English
Etymology
Probably a variant of ramp.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?mp
Verb
romp (third-person singular simple present romps, present participle romping, simple past and past participle romped)
- (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
- When the kids're allowed to romp in the bedroom, they break something.
- (transitive, 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.
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "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.
- (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
Translations
Noun
romp (plural romps)
- (now archaic) Someone who romps; especially, a girl or young woman who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy. [from 17th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 57:
- I will venture to affirm, that a girl, whose spirits have not been damped by inactivity, or innocence tainted by false shame, will always be a romp, and the doll will never excite attention unless confinement allows her no alternative.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 57:
- A period of boisterous play, a frolic; now especially, a bout of sexual activity, especially when illicit. [from 18th c.]
- Sex romp at Windsor castle (headline in The Sun)
- An enjoyable, fast-paced but essentially inconsequential film, play, or other piece of entertainment. [from 19th c.]
- (chiefly sports) A decisive victory; a game, match etc. which is won easily. [from 20th c.]
Derived terms
Related terms
- rumpus
Translations
Anagrams
- PROM, Prom, prom
Afrikaans
Noun
romp (plural rompe)
- skirt
Catalan
Verb
romp
- third-person singular present indicative form of rompre
- second-person singular imperative form of rompre
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
romp m (plural rompen, diminutive rompje n)
- trunk, torso
- (ship) hull
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leap
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: l?p, IPA(key): /li?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English lepen, from Old English hl?apan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan?. Cognate with West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Danish løbe, Norwegian Bokmål løpe, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).
Verb
leap (third-person singular simple present leaps, present participle leaping, simple past leaped or leapt or (archaic) lept or (archaic) lope, past participle leaped or leapt or (archaic) lopen)
- (intransitive) To jump.
- c. 1450, anonymous, Merlin
- It is grete nede a man to go bak to recouer the better his leep
- 1600, anonymous, The wisdome of Doctor Dodypoll, act 4
- I, I defie thee: wert not thou next him when he leapt into the Riuer?
- 1783, Hugh Blair, from the “Illiad” in Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, lecture 4, page 65
- Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.
- 1999, Ai, Vice: New & Selected Poems, page 78
- It is better to leap into the void.
- c. 1450, anonymous, Merlin
- (transitive) To pass over by a leap or jump.
- (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a female beast)
- (archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a human)
- go leap her, and engender young devilings
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
Usage notes
The choice between leapt and leaped is often generally a matter of regional differences: leapt is preferred in British English whereas leaped is somewhat more common in American English (although this is not to say that leapt is not used in American English, especially in areas with historical ties to England). According to research by John Algeo (British or American English?, Cambridge, 2006), leapt is used 80% of the time in UK and 32% in the US.
Synonyms
- (jump from one location to another): bound, hop, jump, spring
- (jump upwards): bound, hop, jump, spring
Derived terms
- beleap
- forthleap
- leaper
- outleap
- overleap
- upleap
Translations
Noun
leap (plural leaps)
- The act of leaping or jumping.
- 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics
- Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
- 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- A group of leopards.
- (figuratively) A significant move forward.
- 1969 July 20, Neil Armstrong, as he became the first man to step on the moon
- That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
- 1969 July 20, Neil Armstrong, as he became the first man to step on the moon
- (figuratively) A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
- It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.
- (mining) A fault.
- Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- 1865, British Farmer's Magazine (issue 48, page 8)
- Much difference of opinion exists as to the number of bullings a cow should receive. Here, I think, good judgment should be used. If the bull is cool and quiet, and some time has intervened since he had his last cow, one good leap is better than more […]
- 1865, British Farmer's Magazine (issue 48, page 8)
- (music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- A salmon ladder.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
leap (not comparable)
- (calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
Etymology 2
From Middle English leep, from Old English l?ap (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”). Cognate with Icelandic laupur (“basket”).
Alternative forms
- leep
Noun
leap (plural leaps)
- (obsolete) A basket.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- Half a bushel.
Anagrams
- Alep, Lape, Peal, e-pal, pale, pale-, peal, pela, plea
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