trophy
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
Noun 3 meanings
An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
“He won the trophy in a running competition.”
An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
“The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.”
Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
“His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.”
Verb 2 meanings
To adorn (someone) with trophies.
To win a trophy in a competition.
Etymology
From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”). Doublet of tropæum.
TROPHY at a glance
TROPHY has 6 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + H 4 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,366 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with trophy
All rhymes- PHILOSOPHY23
- PHOTOGRAPHY25
- MURPHY16
- GEOGRAPHY19
- BIOGRAPHY20
- BIBLIOGRAPHY25
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY24
- CHOREOGRAPHY26
- TOPOGRAPHY21
- CINEMATOGRAPHY27
- CALLIGRAPHY22
- DISCOGRAPHY23
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