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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?u?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Etymology 1

From Middle English croupe, from Old French croupe (“rump, body”), from Old Norse kroppr (“body, trunk, mass”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body, mass, heap, collection, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to curve, bend, crawl”). More at crupper, doublet of croupe, group, and crop.

Alternative forms

• croupe

Noun

croup (plural croups)

1. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Scots croup, croop (“the croup”), from Scots croup, crowp, croop (“to croak, speak hoarsely, murmur, complain”), from Old Scots crowp, crope, croap (“to call loudly, croak”), alteration of rowp, roup, roip, rope (“to cry, cry hoarsely, roop”), from Middle English roupen, ropen, from Old English hr?pan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?pan? (“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). More at roop.

Verb

croup (third-person singular simple present croups, present participle crouping, simple past and past participle crouped)

1. (obsolete outside dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Translations

Noun

croup (uncountable)

1. (pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

Usage notes

• There are two forms of croup, one caused by the diphtheria bacterium which may be deadly if not cured, and the other, less severe, caused by viruses. The viral form was formerly called pseudocroup. Vaccines and antibiotics have nearly eradicated the diphtheritic form from developed countries, and now the term "croup" chiefly refers to the viral form.

Derived terms

• croupous
• croupy

Translations

Anagrams

• cupro, cupro-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?p/

Etymology 1

Possibly from Old English hr?pan (“to cry out”); compare Dutch roepen, Low German ropen and German rufen.

Verb

roup (third-person singular simple present roups, present participle rouping, simple past and past participle rouped)

1. To cry or shout.
2. (Scotland) To sell by auction.

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Noun

roup (plural roups)

1. An outcry.
2. (Scotland) A sale of goods by auction.

Derived terms

• roup sale

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Noun

roup (uncountable)

1. An infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

Synonyms

• (pigeon) canker
• (falconry) frounce
• (avian) trichomoniasis

Anagrams

• pour, puro