trophy

Pluraltrophies

Formstrophies, trophying, trophied

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A cup, statue, or shield given to someone who wins a contest or does something special.

   Like a gold star you get to keep on a shelf.

   She lifted the trophy above her head after winning the race.

   Every player on the team got a small trophy at the end of the season.

   Similaraward, prize

2. 2
   nouncountable

   Something you own or show off to prove that you are successful.

   Like wearing your best clothes so everyone can see you're doing well.

   His new sports car is really just a trophy to show off his money.

   The corner office became a trophy he displayed to every visitor.

   Similarshowpiece

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   An object a hunter or victor takes as a prize and puts on show.

   Like a winning team carrying off the other side's flag to keep.

   The hunter mounted the deer's antlers on the wall as a trophy.

   Soldiers brought back an enemy flag as a trophy of war.

   Similarprize, souvenir, memento, spoil

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A wild animal killed for sport, with its body parts often sold illegally.

   The rhino was killed as a trophy and its horn sold in secret.

   Rangers found the elephant, another trophy left behind after its tusks were taken.

5. 5
   nouncountable

   An object a violent criminal keeps to remember a crime they committed.

   Police found a trophy from each victim hidden in his apartment.

   The killer kept a piece of jewelry as a trophy.

   Similarsouvenir, memento, keepsake

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A display of weapons, often captured from an enemy, set up to celebrate a victory.

   A stone trophy of swords and shields decorated the palace gate.

   The hall's walls showed carved trophies of captured weapons.

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A valuable artwork or object that a thief steals and sells illegally.

   The stolen painting became a trophy passed quietly among rich buyers.

   Several trophies from the museum heist surfaced years later abroad.

8. 8
   verbintransitive

   To win a trophy by coming first in a contest.

   The club trophied at last after a decade of trying.

   We hope to trophy this season.

   Similarwin

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9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To decorate someone by putting trophies on or around them.

   How many a night serene, shall I behold / Those vvarm attractive orbits, close inshrined / In ether, over vvhich Love's column rose / Marmoreal, trophied round vvith golden hair.

   1798, Walter Savage Landor, GebirHere, trophied means decorated all around, as if with trophies.

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10. 10
    nounhistoricalcountable

    An ancient monument made from a beaten enemy's weapons, set up where the battle was won.

    Like stacking up the other team's gear at the exact spot you beat them.

    The victorious army built a trophy from the enemy's broken shields and spears.

    Soldiers raised a trophy where the foe had finally fled.

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