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troak

/tɹəʊk/US/tɹoʊk/

troak verb: to barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.

Verb

troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)

  1. (Scotland) To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
    • What's this for cash your tapster troaks, / That colics and affronts the fowks?1812, William Rankin, “A Friendly Hint to a Porter Brewer”, in Poems, on Different Subjects, Archibald Allardice, page 97
    • She'll not loose the letters that come to her by the King's post, and she must go on troking wi' the old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neighbourhood.1823, Walter Scott, Saint Ronan's Well, page 119
    Synonyms:
    swap, swop
  2. (Scotland) To carry out familiar intercourse.
    • In those days, when Prince and Adam were my heroes, I had no "troakings" with lassies. "Troakings" came afterwards, and these deserve a whole essay to themselves.1901, J. H. Balfour Browne, “‘Roaring Games’”, in Essays in Paradox, Longmans, Green & Co., page 152
    • But as soon as we had driven these same kings and queens into exile, we became tremendously loyal, and kept up constant trokings with the exiled at Carisbrook, in Holland, or drinking to "the king over the water."1904, S. R. Crockett, Raiderland: All About Grey Galloway, Dodd, Mead & Co., page 83

Noun

troak (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland) Barter; exchange; truck.
  2. (Scotland) Small wares.
  3. (Scotland) Familiar intercourse.

troak meaning in Arabic

troak in Arabic

exchange goods or services without involving money
قايض

Synonyms of troak

Forms of troak

third-person singular presenttroaks
present participletroaking
past participletroaked
pasttroaked
alternative formtroke

Origin of troak

From Scots troak.

Words that rhyme with troak

42 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about troak

What does troak mean?
Troak means to barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
What is troak in Arabic?
Troak in Arabic is قايض. See Troak meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is troak?
Troak can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce troak?
Troak is pronounced /tɹəʊk/ (UK).
What is the past tense of troak?
The past tense of troak is troaked.

Words near troak in the dictionary

  1. tro-tro
  2. troach drop
  3. troad
  4. troade
  5. troads
  6. troak
  7. troaked
  8. troaking
  9. troaks
  10. Troas
  11. troat

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