croup

CEFRB2

/kɹuːp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A childhood illness causing a harsh cough and breathing difficulty.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

Examples

  • The young child was diagnosed with croup after coughing loudly.

  • Croup symptoms include a barking cough.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To croak, make a hoarse noise.

  2. The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

More examples

In context

  • The child's croup made breathing difficult.

  • So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.

  • The guib [a kind of antelope] is of the mean dimensions, or four feet and a half in total length, and two and a half high at the shoulders, but rather higher at the croup.

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Origin

noun

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.