troop
verb/truːp/
/truːp/
[intransitive] used with a plural subjectVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they troop | /truːp/ /truːp/ |
| he / she / it troops | /truːps/ /truːps/ |
| past simple trooped | /truːpt/ /truːpt/ |
| past participle trooped | /truːpt/ /truːpt/ |
| -ing form trooping | /ˈtruːpɪŋ/ /ˈtruːpɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to walk somewhere together as a group
- After lunch we all trooped down to the beach.
- As the players trooped off the field, someone threw a bottle from the crowd.
- The girls trooped in for dinner.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus ‘flock’, probably of Germanic origin.
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