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tri·week·ly adjective 1 : occurring or appearing three times a week

2 : occurring or appearing every three weeks

— triweekly adverb

tro·che noun : LOZENGE 2

tro·chee noun : a metrical foot of one accented syllable followed by one unaccented syllable

— tro·cha·ic adjective

trod past and past participle of TREAD

trodden past participle of TREAD

troi·ka noun [ORIGIN: Russ troĭka, fr. troe three]

: a group of three; especially : an administrative or ruling body of three

1troll verb 1 : to sing the parts of (a song) in succession

2 : to fish by trailing a lure or baited hook from a moving boat

3 : to sing or play jovially

2troll noun : a lure used in trolling; also : the line with its lure

3troll noun : a dwarf or giant in Scandinavian folklore inhabiting caves or hills

Synonyms

brownie, dwarf, elf, fairy, fay, gnome, hobgoblin, leprechaun, pixie, puck—more at FAIRY

trol·ley also trol·ly noun, plural trolleys also trollies 1 : a device (as a grooved wheel on the end of a pole) to carry current from a wire to an electrically driven vehicle

2 : a streetcar powered electrically by overhead wires

3 : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track

trol·ley·bus noun : a bus powered electrically by overhead wires

trolley car noun : TROLLEY 2

trol·lop noun : a disreputable woman; especially : one who engages in sex promiscuously

trom·bone noun [ORIGIN: It, lit., big trumpet, fr. tromba trumpet]

: a brass wind instrument that consists of a long metal tube with two turns and a flaring end and that usu. has a movable slide to vary the pitch

— trom·bon·ist noun

tromp verb 1 : to walk, tread, or step esp. heavily : TRAMP

2 : to stamp with the foot

3 : to defeat decisively

4 : to tread on forcibly and repeatedly

Synonyms

stamp, stomp, tramp, trample—more at TRAMPLE

trompe l'oeil noun [ORIGIN: F trompe-l'oeil, lit., deceives the eye]

: a style of painting in which objects are depicted with photographic detail

1troop noun 1 : a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company

2 plural : the combined military, naval, and air forces of a nation : ARMED FORCES

3 : a collection of people, aninals, or things

4 : a unit of Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts under an adult leader

Synonyms troops

armed forces, military, service—more at ARMED FORCES

2troop verb : to move or gather in crowds

troop·er noun 1 : an enlisted cavalryman; also : a cavalry horse

2 : a mounted or a state police officer

troop·ship noun : a ship or aircraft for carrying troops

trope noun : a word or expression used in a figurative sense

tro·phy noun, plural trophies : something gained or given in conquest or victory esp. when preserved or mounted as a memorial

trop·ic noun [ORIGIN: ME tropik, fr. L tropicus of the solstice, fr. Gk tropikos, fr. tropē turn]

1 : either of the two parallels of latitude approximately 23 1/2 degrees north (tropic of Can*cer ) or south (tropic of Cap*ri*corn ) of the equator where the sun is directly overhead when it reaches its most northerly or southerly point in the sky

2 plural often cap : the region lying between the tropics

— trop·i·cal or tropic adjective

tro·pism noun : an automatic movement by an organism in response to a source of stimulation; also : a reflex reaction involving this

tro·po·sphere noun : the part of the atmosphere between the earth's surface and the stratosphere in which most weather changes occur

— tro·po·spher·ic adjective

1trot noun 1 : a moderately fast gait of a 4-footed animal (as a horse) in which the legs move in diagonal pairs

2 : a human jogging gait between a walk and a run

2trot verb trot·ted; trot·ting 1 : to ride, drive, or go at a trot

2 : to proceed briskly : HURRY

— trot·ter noun

troth noun 1 : pledged faithfulness

2 a : one's pledged word

b : the act of promising to marry or the fact of being engaged to marry : BETROTHAL

Synonyms

[2a] oath, pledge, promise, vow, word—more at PROMISE

[2b] betrothal, engagement,