troop in English dictionary

  • troop

    Meanings and definitions of "troop"

    • A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
    • (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
    • A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
    • Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
    • (nonstandard) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
    • a unit of girl or boy scouts
    • (mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
    • To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
    • To march on; to go forward in haste.
    • to move or march as if in a crowd; “The children trooped into the room”.
    • noun
      (collective)
      A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
    • noun
      (military)
      A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
    • noun
      A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
    • noun
      Soldiers, military forces (usually "troops").
    • noun
      (nonstandard)
      A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
    • noun
      (Scouting)
      A basic unit of girl or boy scouts, consisting of 6 to 10 youngsters.
    • noun
      (collective)
      A group of baboons.
    • noun
      A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
    • noun
      (mycology)
      Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
    • verb
      To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
    • verb
      To march on; to go forward in haste.
    • verb
      To move or march as if in a crowd.
    • collection of people
    • Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain
    • A company of stageplayers; a troupe
    • unit of girl or boy scouts
    • noun
      an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"
    • noun
      a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
    • noun
      a group of soldiers
    • noun
      a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
    • verb
      march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street"
    • verb
      move or march as if in a crowd; "They children trooped into the room"

    Synonyms of "troop" in English dictionary

    march, promenade, unit are the top synonyms of "troop" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of troop

    • troop ( third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
    • troop ( plural  troops)
    • troop (plural troops)
    • troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
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