troop

🇺🇸 /truːp/ 🇬🇧 /truːp/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford5000
adjective
R

related to soldiers in large groups

The general ordered troop movements to the border.

noun
B2

a large group of soldiers

The president sent a troop to help with the disaster.

R

a group of soldiers, often in vehicles or on horses

A troop of soldiers rode past on horses.

R

a local Scout group

The scout troop met every Saturday.

verb
R

to walk together as a group

The children trooped into the classroom after recess.

translation

adj. related to soldiers in large groups
n. a large group of soldiers; a group of soldiers, often in vehicles or on horses; a local Scout group
v. to walk together as a group

Word Forms

3rd Present troops
Past trooped
Perfect trooped
Progressive trooping
Plural troops