Trooping

noun
1.
an assemblage of persons or things; company; band.
2.
a great number or multitude:
A whole troop of children swarmed through the museum.
3.
Military. an armored cavalry or cavalry unit consisting of two or more platoons and a headquarters group.
4.
troops, a body of soldiers, police, etc.:
Mounted troops quelled the riot.
5.
a single soldier, police officer, etc.:
Three troops were killed today by a roadside bomb.
6.
a unit of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts usually having a maximum of 32 members under the guidance of an adult leader.
7.
a herd, flock, or swarm.
8.
Archaic. a band or troupe of actors.
verb (used without object)
9.
to gather in a company; flock together.
10.
to come, go, or pass in great numbers; throng.
11.
to walk, as if in a march; go:
to troop down to breakfast.
12.
to walk, march, or pass in rank or order:
The students trooped into the auditorium.
13.
to associate or consort (usually followed by with).
verb (used with object)
14.
British Military. to carry (the flag or colors) in a ceremonial way before troops.
15.
Obsolete. to assemble or form into a troop or troops.
noun
1.
a large group or assembly; flock: a troop of children
2.
a subdivision of a cavalry squadron or artillery battery of about platoon size
3.
(pl) armed forces; soldiers
4.
a large group of Scouts comprising several patrols
5.
an archaic spelling of troupe
verb
6.
(intransitive) to gather, move, or march in or as if in a crowd
7.
(transitive) (military, mainly Brit) to parade (the colour or flag) ceremonially: trooping the colour
8.
(transitive) (Brit, military, slang) (formerly) to report (a serviceman) for a breach of discipline
9.
(intransitive) an archaic word for consort (sense 1)