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- DictionaryTrog/trɒɡ/
noun
- 1. a person regarded as contemptible or socially inferior. informal British
Trog definition: a hooligan; lout.. See examples of TROG used in a sentence.
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1 day ago · a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems , reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines. British informal to walk, esp aimlessly or heavily; stroll....
Define trog. trog synonyms, trog pronunciation, trog translation, English dictionary definition of trog. vb , trogs , trogging or trogged informal Brit to walk, esp aimlessly or heavily; stroll Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition...
Definition of trog noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Pronunciation
1. (UK) IPA(key): /tɹɒɡ/ 2. Rhymes: -ɒɡ
Etymology 1
Short for troglodyte.
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Etymology
From Middle Dutch troch, from Old Dutch *trog, from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz (compare West Frisian trôch, English trough, German Trog, Swedish tråg), from Proto-Indo-European *dru-kó (compare Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”)), enlargement of *dóru (“tree”).
Pronunciation
1. Rhymes: -ɔx
Noun
trog m (plural troggen, diminutive trogje n) 1. trough 2. (geology) trench
Etymology
From Old Norse trog
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /tʰrɔːɣ/ 2. Rhymes: -ɔːɣ
Noun
trog n (genitive singular trogs, nominative plural trog) 1. trough
Etymology
From Old Irish do·furgaib.
Verb
trog (verbal noun troggal, past participle troggit) 1. to lift, raise, hoist, raise up, elevate, heave (as shoulders), boost 2. to gather up 3. to rig up, construct, build 4. to elaborate 5. to input 6. to take 7. to invoke 8. to wind, winch 9. to put up 10. to breed 11. to rear, nurture, train (as child) 12. to arise 13. to pull in 14. to set in rows 15. to sing up 16. to harvest 17. to rally 18. to pick up 19. to freshen (of wind) 20. to contract (as disease) 21. to pick off
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /troːɡ/
Noun
trog n (definite singular troget, indefinite plural trog, definite plural troga) 1. (pre-2012) alternative form of trau 2. (pre-1938) alternative form of trau
Anagrams
1. torg
Alternative forms
1. troh
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugaz. Related to Dutch trog, German Trog, Icelandic trog.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /troɡ/, [troɣ]
Alternative forms
1. trug
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz.
Noun
trog n 1. trough
Definitions of 'trog' (intransitive; often foll by along) British informal. to walk, esp aimlessly or heavily; stroll. [...] More. Conjugations of 'trog' present simple: I trog, you trog [...] past simple: I trogged, you trogged [...] past participle: trogged. More. Examples of 'trog' in a sentence.
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