trophy
/ˈtɹəʊfi/US/ˈtɹoʊfi/
trophy noun: an object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
Noun
trophy (plural trophies)
- An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
- He won the trophy in a running competition.
- An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
- The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
- Around the posts hung helmets, darts, and spears, / And captive chariots, axes, shields, and bars, / And broken beaks of ships, the trophies of their wars.1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
- Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
- His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.
- “The stakes are getting so high,” Mr. MacDonald-Korth said in a telephone interview, referring to the skyrocketing amounts being paid for trophy works of art.2018 June 8, Scott Reyburn, “Art Is Becoming a Financial Product, and Blockchain Is Making It Happen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
- A tropæum.
- A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
- The souvenirs which many killers retain of their victims are often described as trophies, and Norman Bates's taxidermic interests derived from the real-life Ed Gein.1994, Philip Jenkins, Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide, →ISBN, page 117
- A trophy from this murder would have been of great importance.2001, R. Michael Gordon, Alias Jack the Ripper: Beyond the Usual Whitechapel Suspects, →ISBN, page 82
- An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
- An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.
Verb
trophy (third-person singular simple present trophies, present participle trophying, simple past and past participle trophied)
- To adorn (someone) with trophies.
- How many a night serene, shall I behold / Those vvarm attractive orbits, close inshrined / In ether, over vvhich Love's column rose / Marmoreal, trophied round vvith golden hair.1798 July, Walter Savage Landor, “Book IV”, in Gebir; a Poem, […], London: […] Rivingtons, […], →OCLC, page 35, lines 29–32
- To win a trophy in a competition.
- He trophied at the 1993, 1994, 2012 and 2015 National Championships and was most proud of winning his class at the 2017 Spring Nationals.2021, “Harold C. 'Todd' Freeman, III”, in Star Tribune, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021
trophy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
trophy in Hindi
- ट्रॉफी, ट्राफी
trophy in Tamil
- வெற்றிக் கிண்ணம், கோப்பை
trophy in Marathi
- ट्रॉफी
trophy in Urdu
- ٹرافی
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- trophy in Bengali
- জয়চিহ্ন joẏocihno, ট্রফি ṭrophi
- trophy in Telugu
- ట్రోఫీ, ట్రోఫీని
- trophy in Malayalam
- ട്രോഫി ṭrōphi, സമ്മാനം sammānaṁ
- trophy in Kannada
- ಪಾರಿತೋಷಕ, ಬಹುಮಾನ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗುರುತು, ವಿಜಯ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ
- trophy in Punjabi
- ਟਰਾਫੀ, ਟਰਾਫ਼ੀ
- trophy in Gujarati
- ટ્રોફી
- trophy in Odia
- ଟ୍ରଫି
- trophy in Nepali
- ट्रफी, ट्राफी, ट्रॉफी
- trophy in Tagalog
- tropeo
- trophy in Arabic
- غَنِيمَة ḡanīma
- trophy in Malay
- trofi, piala
- trophy in Indonesian
- trofi, piala
- trophy in Persian
- تروفی trôfi
- trophy in Thai
- ถ้วย tûai, ถ้วยรางวัล tûai-raang-wan
- trophy in Vietnamese
- chiếc cúp
- trophy in Myanmar
- စစ်အောင်နိုင်မှု အထိမ်းအမှတ်ပစ္စည်း cacaungnuinghmu. a.htim:a.hmatpaccany:
Examples of trophy in a sentence
- They carried the dripping scalps of his companions, and one had skinned off Baptiste's black beard as well, for a trophy.1950, Dorothy M. Johnson, A Man Called Horse; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 171:
- Similarly, the Soviet defence industry tested their guns by firing against German trophy tanks or fired against new Soviet vehicles with German guns or German ammunition.2011 July 26, L. Samuelson, Tankograd: The Formation of a Soviet Company Town: Cheliabinsk, 1900s-1950s, Springer, →ISBN, page 200:
Forms of trophy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trophies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trophies |
| present participle | trophying |
| past participle | trophied |
| past | trophied |
Origin of trophy
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”). Doublet of tropæum.
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Questions about trophy
- What does trophy mean?
- Trophy means an object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
- What is trophy in Hindi?
- Trophy in Hindi is ट्रॉफी, ट्राफी. See Trophy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use trophy in a sentence?
- They carried the dripping scalps of his companions, and one had skinned off Baptiste's black beard as well, for a trophy.
- What part of speech is trophy?
- Trophy can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce trophy?
- Trophy is pronounced /ˈtɹəʊfi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of trophy?
- The plural of trophy is trophies.
Words near trophy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trophy (page history and authors); trophy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trophy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); trophy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); trophy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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