noun
Meaning 1
Barter; exchange; truck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
troak
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /tɹəʊk/
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US: trōk
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US: /tɹoʊk/
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rhymes with -əʊk
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rhymes with -oʊk
noun
Meaning 2
Small wares.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Familiar intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 5
To carry out familiar intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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History
Etymology
From Scots troak.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: قايض — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Bulgarian: разменям (razmenjam) — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Bulgarian: правя бартер — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Dutch: ruilen — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Finnish: tehdä vaihtokauppa — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Finnish: vaihtaa — exchange goods or services without involving money
- French: troquer — exchange goods or services without involving money
- German: tauschen — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Italian: barattare — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Portuguese: trocar — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Spanish: trocar — exchange goods or services without involving money
- Swedish: idka byteshandel — exchange goods or services without involving money