Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trooping the colours

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
troop-ing the -colours
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of troop the colours

Questions

What does trooping the colours mean?
present participle and gerund of troop the colours

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