croup
Pronunciation: /kɹuːp/
The English word “croup” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
- An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English croupe, from Old French croupe (“rump, body”), from Old Norse kroppr (“body, trunk, mass”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body, mass, heap, collection, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to curve, bend, crawl”). More at crupper, doublet of croupe, group, and crop.
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