Definitions for troop

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IPA: /trup/

Troop is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in troop (ooprt).

Definitions for troop

noun

1. an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
2. a great number or multitude:
3. Military. an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more platoons and a headquarters group.
4. troops, a body of soldiers, police, etc.:
5. a single soldier, police officer, etc.:
6. a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts usually having a maximum of 32 members under the guidance of an adult leader.
7. a herd, flock, or swarm.
8. Archaic. a band or troupe of actors.

verb (used with object)

1. British Military. to carry (the flag or colors) in a ceremonial way before troops.
2. Obsolete. to assemble or form into a troop or troops.

verb (used without object)

1. to gather in a company; flock together.
2. to come, go, or pass in great numbers; throng.
3. to walk, as if in a march; go:
4. to walk, march, or pass in rank or order:
5. to associate or consort (usually followed by with).

Origin of troop

1535-45; French troupe, Old French trope, probably back formation from tropel herd, flock (French troupeau), equivalent to trop- (Germanic; see thorp) + -el ≪ Latin

Examples for troop

Never a village fool without a troop of babies at his heels.

In effect, Chicago needs a troop surge like what we saw in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A troop trotted off to the right out of the line fire of the fort.

He ordered the first troop to mount, and the second to cover the retirement.

But the failure of the White House to provide specifics for his troop estimates has worried lawmakers.

On Thursday, Breedlove published a set of commercial satellite photos showing Russian troop positions in Ukraine.

Either way Obama does not regret the decisions he made in 2011 that ended the U.S. troop presence in the country.

"It is well to have a learned clerk in every troop," said Sir Nigel.

But he wants Obama to make a decision on troop levels, and soon.

Gen. Marion had rallied a troop there, and checked the pursuit.