trooping
trooping is the present participle and gerund of troop.
Meaning of troop
Verb
troop (third-person singular simple present troops, present participle trooping, simple past and past participle trooped)
- To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
- Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- To march on; to go forward in haste.
- To move or march as if in a crowd.
- The children trooped into the room.
Noun
trooping (plural troopings)
- The act of marching in a troop.
- This is then followed by the Olympic movement's own quasi-traditional rituals, such as torches, flag changes and flag troopings, anthems, team parades, opening declarations, the taking of oaths […]2005, Alan Tomlinson, Sport and Leisure Cultures
Forms of trooping
| plural | troopings |
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Words formed from trooping
Phrases with trooping
Questions about trooping
- What does trooping mean?
- Trooping means the act of marching in a troop.
- What is trooping the present participle and gerund of?
- Trooping is the present participle and gerund of troop.
- What part of speech is trooping?
- Trooping is a noun.
- What is the plural of trooping?
- The plural of trooping is troopings.
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