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trolloping

trolloping is the present participle and gerund of trollop.

Meaning of trollop

Verb

trollop (third-person singular simple present trollops, present participle trolloping, simple past and past participle trolloped)

  1. to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
  2. (Scotland) to dangle soggily: become bedraggled
  3. to behave like a trollop
    Synonyms:
    harlotize
  4. Of a horse: to move with a gait between a trot and a gallop; to canter.

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Questions about trolloping

What is trolloping the present participle and gerund of?
Trolloping is the present participle and gerund of trollop.

Words near trolloping in the dictionary

  1. trollopees
  2. Trollopes
  3. Trollopian
  4. Trollopiana
  5. Trollopianism
  6. trolloping
  7. trollopish
  8. trollops
  9. trollopy
  10. trolls
  11. trollsome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trolloping (page history and authors); trollop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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