trooping
SayTROOP-ingUS/ˈtɹupɪŋ/UK/ˈtɹuːpɪŋ/
Noun pluraltroopings
Pluraltroopings
- 1Present participle and gerund of troop. Use it for many people moving or walking together.
The kids came trooping into the kitchen, hungry after soccer practice.
We watched the ducks trooping across the road one by one.
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- 2The act of marching together as one group.
The parade began with a slow trooping of soldiers down Main Street.
On the holiday, crowds watched the trooping of the flags in the town square.
Similarparade, march, procession
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trooping is a form of troop
troop, verb: To walk or go somewhere together as a group or crowd. Full entry
- Spelling
- troop → trooping: add -ing
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