croup

Meaning of croup

noun

inflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, associated with infection and causing breathing difficulties.

mid 18th century: from dialect croup ‘to croak’, of imitative origin.

noun

the rump or hindquarters, especially of a horse.

Middle English: from Old French croupe, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to crop.

Information about croup

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of croup is: croups.
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Hyphenation of croup

croup

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • croup is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

croup synonyms

Meaning hindquarters:

hindquarters, croupe, rump

Words that rhyme with croup

roup, pseudocroup, Citigroup, aggroup, group, ingroup, intergroup, intragroup, minigroup, multigroup, newsgroup, outgroup, playgroup, regroup, semigroup, serogroup, subgroup, supergroup, workgroup, Stroup, Troup, stroup

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