CROUP

hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump

(noun) the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

croup, spasmodic laryngitis

(noun) a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

croup (plural croups)

The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

Etymology 2

Verb

croup (third-person singular simple present croups, present participle crouping, simple past and past participle crouped)

(obsolete, outside, dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Noun

croup (uncountable)

(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

Usage notes

• There are two forms of croup, one caused by the diphtheria bacterium which may be deadly if not cured, and the other, less severe, caused by viruses. The viral form was formerly called pseudocroup. Vaccines and antibiotics have nearly eradicated the diphtheritic form from developed countries, and now the term "croup" chiefly refers to the viral form.

Anagrams

• cupro, cupro-

Source: Wiktionary

Croup (krp), n. Etym: [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. Crop.]

Definition: 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.

Croup (krp), n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition