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🎭 A group of performers 🎭 To tour and perform
to troupe

to troupe

1 6.0
To travel and perform with a group of actors or musicians
  • verb
  • /truːp/
: salir de gira
  • As I watched them troupe off the ship, I felt an almost irresistible urge to call an 800 number to offer up my credit card for a donation.

Examples

  • So we trouped down to the movie, hurrying to get there because we couldn't imagine what it might be like to see a moving picture show.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The theater company trouped across the country, performing their new play in every city.

  • Every summer, the local musicians troupe to the park to entertain the community with their songs.

  • As the dancers trouped onto the stage, the audience erupted in applause.

How Large

company
101 3.5
chorus
65 2.6
cast
378 2.9
to troupe
1 6.0
ensemble
53 5.3

Surface Forms

troupe infinitive
trouped past
trouped past participle
trouping present participle
troupes third person singular

Etymology

Troupe as a verb comes from the same idea as troop, meaning 'to move or travel together'. So to troupe (or be 'trouping') is to travel and perform as part of a company.