<B>Trotskyism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the political principles or economic policy of Leon Trotsky, especially the doctrine that world-wide communist revolution must take precedence over everything else, even the growth and development of the former Soviet Union. </DL>
<B>Trotskyite, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person who believes in or advocates Trotskyism; follower of Leon Trotsky. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Trotskyism or Trotskyites. </DL>
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<B>trotter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a horse that trots, especially one bred and trained for such a gait in harness racing. <BR> <I>Ex. At Roosevelt Raceway, the trotters and pacers are working out with the same diligence as the thoroughbreds (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who moves or goes about briskly and constantly. <BR><I>expr. <B>trotters,</B> </I>the feet of a four-footed animal, especially a sheep or pig, used for food. </DL>
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<B>trotteur, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> (of women's clothing) simple and tailored, and appropriate for outdoor use. <BR> <I>Ex. trotteur dresses.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a garment of this kind. <BR> <I>Ex. flannel trotteur done up with white pique at the neckline and wrists (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>trotting race,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a harness race using trotters. </DL>
<B>troubadour, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of a class of knightly lyric poets and composers mainly of southern France and northern Italy from the 1000's to the 1200's. The troubadours wrote mainly about love and chivalry and composed ecstatic, lyrical love songs. </DL>
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<B>trouble, </B>noun, verb, <B>-bled,</B> <B>-bling.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>pain and sorrow; distress; worry; difficulty. <BR> <I>Ex. a time of great trouble. That unhappy boy makes trouble for his baby sitters. So I was ready When trouble came (A. E. Housman).</I> (SYN) anxiety, affliction. <DD><B> 2. </B>an instance of this; distressing or vexatious circumstance, occurrence, or experience. <BR> <I>Ex. a life containing many troubles.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a social disturbance; disorder. <BR> <I>Ex. political troubles.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>extra work; care; bother; effort. <BR> <I>Ex. Can't he at least take the trouble to write a note of thanks? Take the trouble to do careful work.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a cause of inconvenience. <BR> <I>Ex. Is she a trouble to you?</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>an illness; disease. <BR> <I>Ex. She has stomach trouble.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause distress or worry to; disturb; worry. <BR> <I>Ex. That boy's poor grades trouble his parents. The lack of business troubled him.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to distress (with something disagreeable and unwelcome); vex; annoy; bother. <BR> <I>Ex. to be troubled with poor eyesight.</I> (SYN) afflict. <DD><B> 3. </B>to cause extra work or effort to. <BR> <I>Ex. Don't trouble yourself to wash the dishes; you have done a full day's work already. May I trouble you to pass the sugar?</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to cause pain to; hurt; pain. <BR> <I>Ex. She is troubled by headaches. An abscessed tooth troubled me.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to agitate or ruffle (as water or air), especially so as to make it cloudy or muddy. <BR> <I>Ex. For an angel went down ... into the pool, and troubled the water (John 5:4).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause oneself inconvenience; take the trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. Don't trouble to come to the door; I can let myself in.</I> (SYN) bother. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to be troubled. <BR><I>expr. <B>ask for trouble,</B> </I>to court danger; be careless of one's welfare or safety. <BR> <I>Ex. Oh, Major Scobie, what made you write such a letter? It was asking for trouble (Graham Greene).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>borrow trouble,</B> </I>to worry about something before there is reason to. <BR> <I>Ex. Forget about it; why borrow trouble?</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the troubles,</B> </I>the riots, bombings, and continued violence in Northern Ireland. <BR> <I>Ex. When the troubles in Ulster were just becoming serious there were signs of growing nationalism in both Scotland and Wales (Listener).</I> adv. <B>troublingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>troubled, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> disturbed; disordered; agitated. <BR> <I>Ex. troubled thoughts, a troubled sleep, medicine for a troubled mind.</I> adv. <B>troubledly.</B> </DL>
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<B>troubled waters,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a situation or state of agitation or disquiet. <BR> <I>Ex. An inadvertent inquiry would have brought us into troubled waters (George Musgrave).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>fish in troubled waters,</B> </I>to take advantage of trouble or agitation to gain one's end. <BR> <I>Ex. The Mafia has at all times delighted in fishing in troubled waters (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>troublemaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who often causes trouble for others. <BR> <I>Ex. The police arrest and arraign and deport suspected Red troublemakers before a lawyer can say habeas corpus (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>troublemaking, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the activities of a troublemaker. <DD><I>adj. </I> making or causing trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. troublemaking gangs.</I> </DL>
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<B>troubler, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that troubles. </DL>
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<B>troubleshoot, </B>verb, <B>-shot</B> or <B>-shooted,</B> <B>-shooting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><I>v.i. </I> to work or serve as a troubleshooter. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to deal with as a troubleshooter; eliminate trouble from. <BR> <I>Ex. He established a Human Relation Advisory Commission to troubleshoot touchy racial problems (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>troubleshooter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who discovers and eliminates causes of trouble, especially one trained or qualified to do so in a particular field or with a particular kind of apparatus. <BR> <I>Ex. He ... went wandering as an international banker and economic troubleshooter (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>troubleshooting, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the work of a troubleshooter. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with a troubleshooter or his work. <BR> <I>Ex. Sometimes he is sent elsewhere on troubleshooting errands of one sort or another (E. Newhouse).</I> </DL>
<B>trouble spot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a troublesome area or locality; place in which trouble is occurring or is likely to occur. <BR> <I>Ex. A high level of unemployment was the chief domestic economic trouble spot (William B. Franklin).</I> </DL>
<B>trou-de-loup, </B>noun, pl. <B>trous-de-loup.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a series of pits having a pointed stake in the center, used to obstruct the progress of an enemy. </DL>
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<B>trough, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a long, narrow, open container for holding food or water, especially for farm stock or other animals. <BR> <I>Ex. He led the horses to the watering trough.</I> (SYN) manger. <DD><B> 2. </B>something shaped like this. <BR> <I>Ex. The baker used a trough for kneading dough.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a channel for carrying water; gutter. <BR> <I>Ex. A wooden trough under the eaves of the house carries off rain water.</I> (SYN) conduit. <DD><B> 4. </B>a long hollow between two ridges. <BR> <I>Ex. the trough between two waves or two hills.</I> (SYN) furrow. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Meteorology.) a long, narrow area of relatively low barometric pressure. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Geology.) a basin-shaped depression; the lowest part of a synclinal fold. <DD><B> 7. </B>(Figurative.) a low or lowest point. <BR> <I>Ex. They've also shown a slight tendency to lag at business-cycle peaks and troughs (Wall Street Journal).</I> adj. <B>troughlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>trounce, </B>transitive verb, <B>trounced,</B> <B>trouncing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to beat or thrash. <DD><B> 2. </B>to beat by way of punishment; inflict physical chastisement upon. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Informal.) to defeat in a contest or match. <BR> <I>Ex. The victors trounced the losing team.</I> </DL>
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<B>troupe, </B>noun, verb, <B>trouped,</B> <B>trouping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a band or company, especially a group of actors, singers, dancers, acrobats, or other entertainers. <BR> <I>Ex. a troupe of strolling actors (Henry James).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to tour or travel with a troupe. </DL>
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<B>trouper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of a theatrical or other entertainment troupe. <DD><B> 2. </B>an experienced entertainer, especially an actor (used as a term of praise). <DD><B> 3. </B>any stalwart person. </DL>
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<B>troupial, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any American bird of a family including blackbirds, orioles, grackles, and cowbirds, but especially any tropical American oriole with bright plumage. Also, <B>troopial.</B> </DL>
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<B>trouser, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or belonging to a pair of trousers. <BR> <I>Ex. a trouser leg.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a pair of trousers. </DL>
<B>trousering, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> cloth for trousers. </DL>
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<B>trouser part</B> or <B>role,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a male part performed by a woman in a play, opera, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. Marcia Baldwin sang the trouser role of Stephano acceptably (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
