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Definition croup

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 group and crop.

Noun

croup (plural croups)

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

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 dialectal) To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Noun

croup (uncountable)

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

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