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croupe

/kɹuːp/

croupe is the alternative form of croup.

Meaning of croup

Noun (1)

croup (plural croups)

  1. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
    • So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald...

Noun (2)

croup (uncountable)

  1. An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
    • Yes; I've nursed five children and buried three; and the one I loved the best of all, and tended through croup, and teething, and measles, and hooping-cough, and brought up with foreign masters, regardless of expense, […].1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

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Forms of croupe

pluralcroupes

Questions about croupe

What is croupe the alternative form of?
Croupe is the alternative form of croup.
How do you pronounce croupe?
Croupe is pronounced /kɹuːp/.

Words near croupe in the dictionary

  1. crounotherapy
  2. croup
  3. croupade
  4. croupades
  5. croupal
  6. croupe
  7. crouped
  8. crouper
  9. croupers
  10. croupes
  11. croupier

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