Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cry; a call.
- noun Hoarseness.
- To cry; shout.
- To roar; make a great noise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. See
roup .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make hoarse.
- noun A
cry ; acall . - noun
Hoarseness . - verb intransitive To
cry ;shout . - verb intransitive, UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland To
roar ; make a greatnoise .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"So far, Chand has seen my love and now he will see my other 'roop' (face)," Fiza dared, while recalling that before their second marriage, Chand's father Bhajan Lal and first wife Seema had came to her place and created a scene over Chand visiting her but her parents had then told them they should stop him from coming to their place.
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And the muffled "chirrrr-roop" of a passerine songbird, somewhere down the canyon.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2002
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Enos T. T.roop, soon to become lieutenant-governor.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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T. T.roop, and, after they had carried out the programme with unanimity, Pitcher ceased to act with the Jackson party.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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'I'm not very well,' said Paul, with a frog-like roop.
Despair's Last Journey David Christie Murray
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Considering that they all died of roop, and that I was going to send them back, anyhow, after I'd got them to hatch out a few chickens, I call that cool.
Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Armand [Illustrator] Both 1928
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I would toil like a navvy all day among the fowls, separating them when they fought, gathering in the eggs when they laid, chasing them across country when they got away, and even, if necessity arose, painting their throats with turpentine when they were stricken with roop.
Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Armand [Illustrator] Both 1928
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I would toil like a navvy all day among the fowls, separating them when they fought, gathering in the eggs when they laid, chasing them across country when they got away, and even, if necessity arose, painting their throats with turpentine when they were stricken with roop.
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I was humorous concerning roop, epigrammatic on the subject of the hired retainer and Edwin.
Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Armand [Illustrator] Both 1928
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"The 'ole thing' ere," said the hired retainer, "is these 'ere fowls have bin and got the roop."
Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Armand [Illustrator] Both 1928
vanishedone commented on the word roop
A hoarse sound, or, to make a hoarse sound, according to the OED. Presumably this is the basis of rooping iron—see worm grunting.
October 16, 2008
madmouth commented on the word roop
"beauty" in Hindi/Urdu (the concept, not the person)
May 24, 2009