croup

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkruːp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/krup/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kro̅o̅p)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
croup1 /krup/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. 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 © 2025
croup1  (kro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]
  1. 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

croup2  (kro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. 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/
  1. 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 originˈcroupy, ˈcroupousˈcroupilyˈcroupiness
croup, croupe / kruːp/
  1. the hindquarters of a quadruped, esp a horse
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French croupe; related to German Kruppe
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