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troop
English
Etymology
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe (back-formation of troupeau, diminutive of Medieval Latin troppus "flock") and Middle French trouppe (from Old French trope (“band, company, troop”)), both of Germanic origin from Frankish *thorp (“assembly, gathering”), from Proto-Germanic *þurp? (“village, land, estate”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, settlement”). Doublet of troupe, and possibly also of thorp and dorp.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t?u?p/
- (US) IPA(key): /t?up/
- Rhymes: -u?p
- Homophone: troupe
Noun
troop (plural troops)
- (collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- (military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
- A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
- (chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
- (nonstandard) A company of actors; a troupe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Coxe to this entry?)
- (Scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
- Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920) Aids To Scoutmastership?[1], page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”
- (collective) A group of baboons.
- A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
- (mycology) Mushrooms that are in a close group but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Derived terms
- troop carrier
- trooper
- troop horse
- troopship
- troop train
Translations
Verb
troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
- To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
- To march on; to go forward in haste.
- To move or march as if in a crowd.
Derived terms
- troop the colour (British, military)
Translations
See also
- Appendix:English collective nouns
References
- “troop” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “troop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Porto, Proto, porto, porto-, proot, proto, proto-, tropo, tropo-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
troop f (plural tropen, diminutive troopje n)
- (music, literature, linguistics) trope
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club
English
Etymology
From Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb- (“log, block”), from *gel- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?b, IPA(key): /kl?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Noun
club (plural clubs)
- An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
- At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
- (archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
- 1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.
- 1783, Benjamin Franklin:[1]
- A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or plaything.
- An implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf.
- A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
- first we went and dined at a French house , but paid 10s for our part of the club
- 17 Mat 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary
- An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
- A black clover shape (?), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- A playing card marked with such a symbol.
- (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
- A club sandwich.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
- Crab cake sandwiches, tuna melts, chicken clubs, salmon cakes, and prime-rib sandwiches are usually on the menu.
- 2004, Joanne M. Anderson, Small-town Restaurants in Virginia (page 123)
- The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
Synonyms
- (association of members): confraternity
- (weapon): cudgel
- (sports association): team
Hyponyms
- chess club
- sports club
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Tokelauan: kalapu
Translations
Verb
club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)
- (transitive) To hit with a club.
- He clubbed the poor dog.
- (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
- Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubb'd into a dream.
- (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
- a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes
- (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
- We went clubbing in Ibiza.
- When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.
- (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
- The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubb'd for a feather to his hat.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, Death and Daphne
- (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
- to club the expense
- (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
- (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
- (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
- to club exertions
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- For instance, let us suppose that Homer and Virgil, Aristotle and Cicero, Thucydides and Livy, could have met all together, and have clubbed their several talents to have composed a treatise on the art of dancing: I believe it will be readily agreed they could not have equalled the excellent treatise which Mr Essex hath given us on that subject, entitled, The Rudiments of Genteel Education.
- (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
Derived terms
- clubbing
- go clubbing
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Noun
club m (plural clubs)
- club (association)
- (golf) club
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?p/
- Hyphenation: club
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
club m (plural clubs, diminutive clubje n)
- club, association
- (golf) club
Derived terms
- clubhuis
- damclub
- golfclub
- handbalclub
- schaakclub
- skiclub
- stamclub
- tennisclub
- voetbalclub
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- (France) IPA(key): /klœb/, /klyb/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /kl?b/
Noun
club m (plural clubs)
- club (association)
- (golf) club
Synonyms
- (golf club): bâton (Quebec)
Derived terms
- bienvenue au club
Further reading
- “club” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klab/, /?kl?b/
Noun
club m (invariable)
- club (association)
- club (golf implement)
Middle English
Noun
club
- Alternative form of clubbe
Romanian
Etymology
From French club.
Noun
club n (plural cluburi)
- club
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English club.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klub/, [?klu??]
Noun
club m (plural clubs or clubes)
- club (association)
- Synonyms: asociación, cofradía, gremio
Derived terms
- club de fans
- club nocturno
Further reading
- “club” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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