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romper

romper

4 2.9
A one-piece outfit for babies and young children with short legs for play
  • noun
  • /ˈrɑːmpər/
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  • My daughter loves to wear her bright pink romper when she plays outside.
  • a denim romper
  • a pink romper
  • wearing a romper

Another bandana, then a romper and a dress.

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Examples

  • I put on my cutest romper, even made it to brunch in a timely fashion, and headed over to Dolo with my ladypals only to discover that everyone was off YOLOing elsewhere!

    Blog text (13)
  • So I can't wait to style this plain black romper here.

  • But this is like her birthday romper suit like her little cute little romper.

  • This is like a romper thing from Urban and I love it.

  • OK, Next up is this red romper from Zara.

  • This is a neon yellow romper and again, it feels like really high quality.

  • So Next up, I have a romper and this is like a nude pink beige color.

  • She was wearing a vivid pink romper and an armload of bangle bracelets that jingled when she sat down.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • All these things Cora turned over in her mind as she buttoned her two-year-old son into clean rompers, combed her daughter's hair, settled the navy blue sailor on her own light brown hair, and lifted bags down from the hat rack and pulled them out from under the seat.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The toddler ran around happily in her new dinosaur-print romper at the park.

Synonyms

romper suit
vsromper
3.7

A one-piece outfit for babies and toddlers with short legs for easy movement

is a similar one-piece child garment resembling a shirt and shorts combination

Compounds

A one-piece outfit for babies and toddlers with short legs for easy movement

How Practical

onesie
9 3.6
romper
4 2.9
two-piece
1 3.1
dress
1.0

Surface Forms

romper singular
rompers plural

Morphology

romper = romp (semi-transparent) = romp + er

Formed from 'romp' + '-er' but the meaning shifted from an agent/instrument to a garment used for romping, making the relation partly predictable but specialized.

Etymology

Romper as a piece of clothing comes from the older phrase romper suit, a simple outfit made for children to 'romp' in; that's why a romper is a one-piece play garment that lets a child move and play easily.