Troat (Verb)
Meaning
Emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The male deer lets out a loud bellow to troat other deer during mating season.
- In autumn, stags will troat loudly to establish dominance and attract female mates.
- A series of bellows could be heard as the male elk began to troat in the nearby woods.
- The forest echoed with the calls of the rutting stags as they troat for a mate.
- During the fall, bucks in the nearby forest reserve would troat loudly to signal the start of mating season.