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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CROUP, CROOP, n.
1. The rump of a fowl; the buttocks of a horse, or extremity of the reins above the hips.
2. [See Croop.] The cynanche trachealis, a disease of the throat.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing [syn: croup, spasmodic laryngitis]
2: the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English croupe, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German kropf craw — more at crop Date: 14th century the rump of a quadruped II. noun Etymology: English dialect croup to cry hoarsely, cough, probably of imitative origin Date: 1765 inflammation, edema, and subsequent obstruction of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi especially of infants and young children that is typically caused by a virus and is marked by episodes of difficult breathing and hoarse metallic cough • croupy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. an inflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, with a hard cough and difficulty in breathing. Derivatives: croupy adj. Etymology: croup to croak (imit.) 2. n. the rump or hindquarters esp. of a horse. Etymology: ME f. OF croupe, rel. to CROP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Croup Croup (kr??p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. Crop.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Croup Croup (kr??p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. Crop.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Croup is a disease which children sometimes suffer from that makes it difficult for them to breathe and causes them to cough a lot. N-UNCOUNT: also the N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Rump (especially of a horse), buttocks, crupper. 2. (Med.) Cynanche (trachealis).

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