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troke

troke is the alternative form of troak.

Meaning of troak

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
    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

See all 5 meanings of troak

Forms of troke

third-person singular presenttrokes
present participletroking
past participletroked
pasttroked

Words formed from troke

Questions about troke

What is troke the alternative form of?
Troke is the alternative form of troak.

Words near troke in the dictionary

  1. trojanizes
  2. trojanizing
  3. Trojanowski
  4. Trojanowskis
  5. trojans
  6. troke
  7. troked
  8. trokes
  9. troking
  10. trokings
  11. trokosi

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