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trooping

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Marching or advancing together in a unified group or crowd; evokes orderly military movement or lively gatherings in narrative verse.

Detailed Definition
Trooping suggests a group moving along together, often in an orderly or repeated way. In fairy poetry, it can imply a procession or company rather than ordinary walking.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Wee folk, good folk, / Trooping all together” makes small beings move in a group; “Trooping” suggests an ordered procession rather than random motion; Fairy and folk poetry often uses it for communal dance or march; In a modern setting, commuters trooping home can make ordinary crowds seem ritualistic
Additional Notes
In “Trooping all together,” the word is less common in modern speech and may need checking for its older sense of moving in a group.; Found in the poem, The Fairies by William Allingham
Also Known As
marching parading advancing gathering
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