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

to troupe

6.0
To travel and perform with a group of actors or musicians
  • verb
  • /truːp/
translation icon : 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
168 3.5
chorus
69 2.6
cast
286 2.9
to troupe
6.0
ensemble
57 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.