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motion with the safety off, joy that refuses to walk when it could gallop
means To play, move, or proceed in a lively, boisterous, carefree way — or an easy, runaway success.
from English from the mid-1700s, almost certainly a playful variant of 'ramp,' which once meant to rear up, rage, or romp about — as a wild beast or unruly child might. 'Ramp' itself came through Old French 'ramper,' to climb or crawl, the same root that gives us the inclined 'ramp' we walk up today. Somewhere along the way the vowel loosened and brightened, and 'romp' kept the rowdiness while shedding the menace — pure unbridled motion left over.
- horse origin
- Likely from ramp, meaning to rear up wildly
- easy win
- To romp home is to win effortlessly
- double life
- Means playful frolic and frank sexual escapade
- tabloid favorite
- Headline shorthand for scandalous celebrity encounters
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