Trog

//tɹɒɡ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hooligan, lout. UK, slang

    "‘I'm sharing a cell with a couple of trogs who make you look like the swan of Avon.’"

Verb
  1. 1
    To walk laboriously; to trudge. slang

    "So down Westwood Road I trogged, looking left, looking right, searching high and low for Slade Alley."

Example

More examples

"‘I'm sharing a cell with a couple of trogs who make you look like the swan of Avon.’"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Short for troglodyte.

Etymology 2

Unknown.

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