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troops

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?u?ps/
  • Rhymes: -u?ps

Noun

troops

  1. plural of troop

Noun

troops pl (plural only)

  1. military personnel in uniform

Synonyms

  • soldiers

Translations

Verb

troops

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of troop

Anagrams

  • Portos, Protos, Stroop, portos

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smokescreen

English

Alternative forms

  • smoke screen

Etymology

From smoke +? screen.

Pronunciation

Noun

smokescreen (plural smokescreens)

  1. Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.
    • 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Chapter 25, Part 5, p. 284,[1]
      Ensign Whitely began to tell of the surprise encounter of Admiral Sprague’s escort-carrier force with the main battle line of the Japanese Navy off Samar, in a chaos of rain squalls and smoke screens.
  2. (figuratively) Anything used metaphorically to conceal or distract.
    • 1968, Desmond Bagley, The Vivero Letter, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Chapter 8, p. 163,[2]
      It was all very plausible and, as he poured out his smokescreen of words, I became fidgety for fear Fallon would be too direct with him.

Translations

See also

  • smoke test

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