troak

English

Alternative forms

• troke

Etymology

From Scots troak, troke (“to barter, truck”), from Middle English trukken, trukien (> English truck), from Old French troquier, of Germanic origin. Compare German Trug (“deceit, trickery, deception”). More at truck.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA^(key): /tɹəʊk/

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• (US) enPR: trōk, IPA^(key): /tɹoʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk, -oʊk

Verb

troak (third-person singular simple present troaks, present participle troaking, simple past and past participle troaked)

1. (Scotland) To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
   • 1885 January 15, anonymous author, “A REMARKABLE WELL”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], Waikato Times, page 3:

     The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a cheek 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, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, known to the Scottish whalers under the name of "troaking".

   • 1755 May 9, Allan Ramsay, Blyth may he be wha o'er the haugh‎^[2], The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, published 1787 January 31, page 40:

     For living are obliged to rub thro' / To fend by troaking, buying, selling, / The profit's aft no worth the telling.

Synonyms

• (barter, trade): swap, swop

Translations

exchange goods or services without involving money

• Arabic: قايض
• Bulgarian: разменям (bg) (razmenjam), правя бартер (pravja barter)
• Dutch: ruilen (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä vaihtokauppa, vaihtaa (fi)
• French: troquer (fr)
• German: tauschen (de)
• Italian: barattare (it)
• Spanish: trocar (es)
• Swedish: idka byteshandel

Noun

troak (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) Barter; exchange; truck.
2. (Scotland) Small wares.
3. (Scotland) Familiar intercourse.

Anagrams

• Karto-, Korat, Tokar