Croup

English

Noun

Croup (plural Croups)

1. The rump of a horse.

Verb

Croup (third-person singular simple present Croups, present participle Crouping, simple past and past participle Crouped)

1. (obsolete, except, dialectal) To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Noun

Croup (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• croupous
• croupy

Thesaurus

Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, aluminosis, amygdalitis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, asbestosis, asthma, atypical pneumonia, backside, behind, bituminosis, black lung, bronchial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, butt, buttocks, catarrh, chalicosis, chronic bronchitis, cold, collapsed lung, common cold, coniosis, coryza, croupous pneumonia, crupper, double pneumonia, dry pleurisy, emphysema, empyema, epidemic pleurodynia, fibrinous pneumonia, flu, grippe, haunches, hay fever, hind end, influenza, la grippe, laryngitis, lipoid pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, lung cancer, lung fever, nates, pharyngitis, pleurisy, pleuritis, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonic fever, pneumothorax, posterior, quinsy, rear, rear end, rheum, rump, siderosis, silicosis, sore throat, swine flu, the sniffles, the snuffles, tonsilitis, virus pneumonia, wet pleurisy, whooping cough

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp