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trog

UK/tɹɒɡ/

trog noun: a hooligan, lout.

Noun

trog (plural trogs)

  1. (UK, slang) A hooligan, lout.
    • ‘I'm sharing a cell with a couple of trogs who make you look like the swan of Avon.’1984, Martin Amis, Money, Vintage, published 2005, page 253

Verb

trog (third-person singular simple present trogs, present participle trogging, simple past and past participle trogged)

  1. (slang) To walk laboriously; to trudge.
    • So down Westwood Road I trogged, looking left, looking right, searching high and low for Slade Alley.2015, David Mitchell, Slade House

Forms of trog

Noun
pluraltrogs
Verb
third-person singular presenttrogs
present participletrogging
past participletrogged
pasttrogged

Origin of trog

Short for troglodyte.

Unknown.

Words formed from trog

Words that rhyme with trog

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Questions about trog

What does trog mean?
Trog means a hooligan, lout.
What part of speech is trog?
Trog can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce trog?
Trog is pronounced /tɹɒɡ/ (UK).
What is the plural of trog?
The plural of trog is trogs.

Words near trog in the dictionary

  1. troffer
  2. troffers
  3. trofie
  4. trofinetide
  5. trofosfamide
  6. trog
  7. trog off
  8. Trogdon
  9. Trogdons
  10. Trogen
  11. trogged

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