TROOP
Dictionary entry overview: What does troop mean?
• TROOP (noun)
The noun TROOP has 4 senses:
1. a group of soldiers
2. a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
3. a unit of girl or boy scouts
4. an orderly crowd
Familiarity information: TROOP used as a noun is uncommon.
• TROOP (verb)
The verb TROOP has 2 senses:
1. march in a procession
2. move or march as if in a crowd
Familiarity information: TROOP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TROOP (noun)
Meaning:
A group of soldiers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("troop" is a kind of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "troop"):
shock troops (soldiers who are specially trained and armed to lead an assault)
Meaning:
A cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("troop" is a kind of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
Holonyms ("troop" is a member of...):
cavalry (a highly mobile army unit)
Meaning:
A unit of girl or boy scouts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
scout troop; scout group; troop
Hypernyms ("troop" is a kind of...):
social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)
Meaning:
An orderly crowd
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
flock; troop
Context example:
a troop of children
Hypernyms ("troop" is a kind of...):
crowd (a large number of things or people considered together)
• TROOP (verb)
Meaning:
March in a procession
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
promenade; troop; parade
Context example:
the veterans paraded down the street
Hypernyms (to "troop" is one way to...):
march; process (march in a procession)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children troop to the playground
Meaning:
Move or march as if in a crowd
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
They children trooped into the room
Hypernyms (to "troop" is one way to...):
march (walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
The children troop to the playground
