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rouping

rouping is the present participle and gerund of roup.

Meaning of roup

Verb

roup (third-person singular simple present roups, present participle rouping, simple past and past participle rouped)

  1. (intransitive) To cry or shout.
  2. (Scotland, transitive) To sell by auction.
    • During the space of his tack he had plentiful crops of corn upon it, and when his tacks were run ont, the town took it into their own hands, and rouped it annually1791, William Orem, A Description of the Chanonry in Old Aberdeen

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Questions about rouping

What is rouping the present participle and gerund of?
Rouping is the present participle and gerund of roup.

Words near rouping in the dictionary

  1. Roupenides
  2. Roupenids
  3. Roupes
  4. roupet
  5. roupily
  6. rouping
  7. roupit
  8. roups
  9. roupy
  10. Rouran
  11. Rourans

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