transcription, транскрипция: [ tru:p ]
( troops, trooping, trooped)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Troops are soldiers, especially when they are in a large organized group doing a particular task.
The next phase of the operation will involve the deployment of more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries...
N-PLURAL
2.
A troop is a group of soldiers within a cavalry or armoured regiment.
...a troop of enemy cavalry trotting towards the Dutch right flank.
N-COUNT-COLL
3.
A troop of people or animals is a group of them.
Amy was aware of the little troop of travellers watching the two of them...
N-COUNT : N of n
4.
If people troop somewhere, they walk there in a group, often in a sad or tired way. ( INFORMAL )
They all trooped back to the house for a rest...
VERB : V adv / prep