croup
To croak, make a hoarse noiseTo croak, make a hoarse noise.
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» Tom has croup.
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1 senses(dialectal, obsolete)To croak, make a hoarse noise.
Examples
3 sentencesTom has croup.
The ordinary croup of infants is spasmodic croup, and is very rarely dangerous, although the symptoms seem very alarming.
Tom and Mary's baby had a severe bout of croup, and had to be put in a humidicrib in hospital.
Origin
From Scots croup, croop (“the croup”), from Scots croup, crowp, croop (“to croak, speak hoFrom 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 hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). More at roop. In the medical sense introduced by Edinburgh physician Francis Home.
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Forms
croups, crouping, crouped, croupedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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