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romper

/ˈɹɒmpə/US/ˈɹɑmpɚ/

romper noun: someone who romps or frolics.

Noun (1)

romper (plural rompers)

  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.

Noun (2)

romper (plural rompers)

  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

Verb

romper (third-person singular simple present rompers, present participle rompering, simple past and past participle rompered)

  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

romper meaning in Tamil

romper in Tamil

குழந்தை விளையாட்டு அங்கி

Forms of romper

Noun
pluralrompers
Verb
third-person singular presentrompers
present participlerompering
past participlerompered
pastrompered

Origin of romper

From romp + -er.

Ellipsis of romper suit.

From romper room.

Words formed from romper

Phrases with romper

Words that rhyme with romper

Questions about romper

What does romper mean?
Romper means someone who romps or frolics.
What is romper in Tamil?
Romper in Tamil is குழந்தை விளையாட்டு அங்கி. See Romper meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is romper?
Romper can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce romper?
Romper is pronounced /ˈɹɒmpə/ (UK).
What is the plural of romper?
The plural of romper is rompers.

Words near romper in the dictionary

  1. romp
  2. romp home
  3. romp in the hay
  4. romped
  5. romped home
  6. romper
  7. romper room
  8. romper rooms
  9. romper suit
  10. romper suits
  11. rompered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: romper (page history and authors); romper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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