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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024croup1 /krup/USA pronunciation n. - Pathologya disease of the throat and windpipe, characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing: [uncountable]The little girl had croup most of the week.[countable* singular]suffering from a bad croup.
croup•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est.:She was pretty croupy most of the night. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024croup1 (kro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]- Pathologyany condition of the larynx or trachea characterized by a hoarse cough and difficult breathing.
- noun, nominal use of croup to cry hoarsely (now dialect, dialectal), blend of, blended croak and whoop 1755–65
- Zoologythe highest part of the rump of a quadruped, esp. a horse. See diag. under horse.
- Gmc; see crop
- Middle French, Anglo-French crupe, Old French crope
- Middle English croupe 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: croup /kruːp/ n - a throat condition, occurring usually in children, characterized by a hoarse cough and laboured breathing, resulting from inflammation and partial obstruction of the larynx
Etymology: 16th Century croup to cry hoarsely, probably of imitative originˈcroupous, ˈcroupy adj croup, croupe /kruːp/ n - the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French croupe; related to German Kruppe |