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romper

UK /ˈɹɒmpə/US /ˈɹɑmpɚ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
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
•
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
A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy.

verb1

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(Ireland, historical) 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

forms

rompered · rompering · rompers

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