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trophying

trophying is the present participle and gerund of trophy.

Meaning of trophy

Verb

trophy (third-person singular simple present trophies, present participle trophying, simple past and past participle trophied)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (intransitive) 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

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Questions about trophying

What is trophying the present participle and gerund of?
Trophying is the present participle and gerund of trophy.

Words near trophying in the dictionary

  1. trophy-hunted
  2. trophy-hunter
  3. trophy-hunters
  4. trophy-hunting
  5. trophy-hunts
  6. trophying
  7. trophyless
  8. trophylike
  9. trophywort
  10. trophæal
  11. tropia

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