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croups

croups is the plural of croup.

croups is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Phrases with croups

Questions about croups

What is croups the plural of?
Croups is the plural of croup.

Words near croups in the dictionary

  1. croupon
  2. croupons
  3. croupous
  4. Crouppen
  5. Crouppens
  6. croups
  7. croupy
  8. crouse
  9. crousely
  10. Crouses
  11. Crouseville

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