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swear like a trooper
swear like a trooper
to curse and swear with great facility. (The trooper here refers to a soldier.) Mrs. Wilson was known to swear like a trooper on occasion. The clerk started swearing like a trooper, and the customer started crying.
swear like a trooper
to swear a lot
Usage notes: A trooper is a soldier with a low rank.
He came in drunk and swearing like a trooper. swear like a trooper
Freely utter profanity or obscenity, as in The teacher was shocked when she heard one of the fathers begin to swear like a trooper. The troopers in this term were the cavalry, who were singled out for their swearing from the early 1700s on.
swear like a trooper
in. to curse and swear with great facility. The clerk started swearing like a trooper, and the customer started crying.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Gustave | | goo-STAHV | French |
| Margrethe | | - | Danish, Norwegian |
| Sequoia | | sə-KOI-ə | English (Rare) |
| Nereus | | NEER-oos (English), NEER-ee-əs (English) | Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
| Macy | | MAY-see | English |
| Aitor | | - | Basque |