Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to troak
Participle: troaked
Gerund: troaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | troak |
| you | troak |
| he;she;it | troaks |
| we | troak |
| you | troak |
| they | troak |
Perfect
| I | have troaked |
| you | have troaked |
| he;she;it | has troaked |
| we | have troaked |
| you | have troaked |
| they | have troaked |
Past
| I | troaked |
| you | troaked |
| he;she;it | troaked |
| we | troaked |
| you | troaked |
| they | troaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had troaked |
| you | had troaked |
| he;she;it | had troaked |
| we | had troaked |
| you | had troaked |
| they | had troaked |
Future
| I | will troak |
| you | will troak |
| he;she;it | will troak |
| we | will troak |
| you | will troak |
| they | will troak |
Future Perfect
| I | will have troaked |
| you | will have troaked |
| he;she;it | will have troaked |
| we | will have troaked |
| you | will have troaked |
| they | will have troaked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | troak |
| you | troak |
| he;she;it | troak |
| we | troak |
| you | troak |
| they | troak |
Perfect
| I | have troaked |
| you | have troaked |
| he;she;it | have troaked |
| we | have troaked |
| you | have troaked |
| they | have troaked |
Imperfect
| I | troaked |
| you | troaked |
| he;she;it | troaked |
| we | troaked |
| you | troaked |
| they | troaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had troaked |
| you | had troaked |
| he;she;it | had troaked |
| we | had troaked |
| you | had troaked |
| they | had troaked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would troak |
| you | would troak |
| he;she;it | would troak |
| we | would troak |
| you | would troak |
| they | would troak |
Perfect
| I | would have troaked |
| you | would have troaked |
| he;she;it | would have troaked |
| we | would have troaked |
| you | would have troaked |
| they | would have troaked |
Imperative
| you | troak |
| we | Let's troak |
| you | troak |
Verbs conjugated like 'troak'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'troak'
croak,
stroak,
troat,
boak,
break,
brock,
brook,
choak,
cloak,
coak,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Scots troak. See: Scots '
troak'.
Sample Sentences
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What's this for cash your tapster troaks, / That colics and affronts the fowks? [1812, William Rankin, “A Friendly Hint to a Porter Brewer”, in Poems, on Different Subjects, Archibald Allardice, page 97:]
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She'll not loose the letters that come to her by the King's post, and she must go on troking wi' the old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neighbourhood. [1823, Walter Scott, Saint Ronan's Well, page 119:]
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The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a check upon any trading or fishing within a certain distance of the coast. It does not, however, prohibit the sale of small articles not used in their trade being sold, and accordingly, in addition to obtaining news of the ice and such-like other lore, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, well-known, to the Scottish whalers at least, under the name of "troaking" or bartering. [1873 May 26, Robert Brown, “A Cruise with the Whalers in Baffin's Bay”, in Ocean Highways: The Geographical Record, volume 1, number II, N. Trübner and Co., page 51:]
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In those days, when Prince and Adam were my heroes, I had no "troakings" with lassies. "Troakings" came afterwards, and these deserve a whole essay to themselves. [1901, J. H. Balfour Browne, “‘Roaring Games’”, in Essays in Paradox, Longmans, Green & Co., page 152:]
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But as soon as we had driven these same kings and queens into exile, we became tremendously loyal, and kept up constant trokings with the exiled at Carisbrook, in Holland, or drinking to "the king over the water." [1904, S. R. Crockett, Raiderland: All About Grey Galloway, Dodd, Mead & Co., page 83:]