Troop

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A group of soldiers.
  • noun. Military units; soldiers.
  • noun. A unit of cavalry, armored vehicles, or artillery in a European army, corresponding to a platoon in the US Army.
  • noun. A unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader.
  • noun. A group or company of people, animals, or things.
  • intransitive verb. To move or go as a group or in large numbers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An assemblage of people; a multitude; a company; a band.
  • noun. A body of soldiers: generally used in the plural, signifying soldiers in general, whether more or less numerous, and whether belonging to the infantry, cavalry, or artillery.
  • noun. In cavalry, the unit of formation, consisting usually of sixty troopers, commanded by a captain, and corresponding to a company of infantry.
  • noun. Hence The command by commission and rank of such a troop of horse.
  • noun. A band or company of performers; a troupe.
  • noun. A particular roll or call of the drum; a signal for marching.
  • noun. Tony's beat of the troop was the signal for the soldiers to assemble.
  • noun. A herd or flock of beasts or birds: as, a troop of antelopes or sparrows.
  • To assemble or gather in crowds; flock together.
  • To march; to march in or form part of a troop or company.
  • To march off in haste.
  • To associate or consort.
  • To associate as in a troop or company.
  • To form into troops, as a regiment.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
  • noun. Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
  • noun. Specifically, a small body of cavalry, light horse, or dragoons, consisting usually of about sixty men, commanded by a captain; the unit of formation of cavalry, corresponding to the company in infantry. Formerly, also, a company of horse artillery; a battery.
  • noun. A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
  • noun. A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
  • noun. See Boy scout, above.
  • transitive verb. in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday.
  • transitive verb. in the British army, to perform a ceremony consisting essentially in carrying the colors, accompanied by the band and escort, slowly before the troops drawn up in single file and usually in a hollow square, as in London on the sovereign's birthday.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
  • intransitive verb. To march on; to go forward in haste.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A collection of people; a company; a number; a multitude.
  • noun. 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. A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
  • noun. A particular roll of the drum
  • noun. a unit of girl or boy scouts
  • noun. an orderly crowd
  • noun. 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; “The children trooped into the room”.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. march in a procession
  • noun. a group of soldiers
  • noun. a unit of Girl or Boy Scouts
  • noun. a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
  • verb. move or march as if in a crowd
  • noun. an orderly crowd
  • Word Usage
    "As you draw down through July, you then pause with that new force structure, you do what they call a troop-to-task analysis to see if you have enough troops or the right type against the right task to continue the mission."
    Hypernym
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    Rhyme
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    Guadeloupe  Hoop  Loop  Shoop  coop  
    Same Context
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    army  band  camp  cavalry  company  
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    variant
    boy scout  
    verb-form
    trooped  trooping  troops