One way to picture romp: a child and a dog tearing around a living room. The movement is fast and loose, the noise is part of it, and nobody is trying hard. English then lends that picture out in two directions. One is real play — a puppy in the grass, an afternoon of chasing. The other is anything that only looks that easy: a team winning without breaking sweat, a film that bounces along for ninety minutes, a newspaper turning a private story into a bit of fun.
From the word’s history
The Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet says romp is probably a variant of ramp, a word for rushing or springing forward. That fits the modern picture: the body throwing itself forward without care.
這份資料裡的 Wiktionary 條目說，romp 很可能是 ramp 的變體，而 ramp 帶有猛撲、往前衝的意思。這條線索正好對上今天的畫面：身體毫無顧忌地往前衝。這是來源記的說法，本身也用了「probably」，所以當成一種可能的來歷來看就好。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1135673756 — etymology_text: "Probably a variant of ramp."
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