swear like a trooper
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
To swear a lot; to utter many swear words.
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
The fact that she could swear like a trooper and at one point told a nurse that I was a security guard escaping from a hijack attempt, also helped.
I could tell he was angry because he was red in the face and his fists were clenched and he was swearing like a trooper.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “swear like a trooper” mean?
To swear a lot; to utter many swear words.
Is “swear like a trooper” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.