Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pathological condition of the larynx, especially in infants and children, that is characterized by respiratory difficulty and a hoarse, brassy cough.
- noun The rump of a beast of burden, especially a horse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rump or buttocks of certain animals, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
- noun A hump or hunch on an animal's body.
- To cry out; cry hoarsely; specifically, to cough hoarsely, as in croup.
- noun A name applied to a variety of diseases in which there is some interference at the glottis with respiration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called
membranous croup ). See False croup, underfalse , anddiphtheria . - noun The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The top of the
rump of ahorse . - verb obsolete, except, dialectal To
croak , make a hoarse noise. - noun pathology An
infectious illness of thelarynx , especially in young children, causingrespiratory difficulty.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
- noun the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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_true_ or _membranous_ croup, in which a false, semi-organized membrane is formed, and _spasmodic croup_.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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All I can think about when I hear the word croup is that scene from Anne of Green Gables, when she saves Diana's sister.
Good Guests / Bad Guests kittenpie 2007
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The doctor said that "croup" is actually a catch-all for any illness that comes with a barky cough, and that his version seems quite mild, though he has lost his voice .... which for my little chatty Nancy is pretty traumatic.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2010
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Natalie's ashy face and the word croup, acted like a talisman.
Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma Maude Alma
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They had come from a part of the interior where the disease called croup occasionally prevails.
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Gertie opened her mouth to say that the croup was a disease Amos had caught, but tramped on her tongue in time.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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The great majority of cases of the so - called croup are simply cases of spasm of the glottis.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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Membranous croup, which is the same thing as diphtheria of the larynx.
The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses L. Emmett Holt
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It happened, on one occasion, when a nursery-servant of ours was waiting in her anteroom for the purpose of taking her turn in consulting the prophetess professionally, that she had witnessed a scene of consternation and unaffected maternal grief in this Hungarian lady upon the sudden seizure of her son, a child of four or five years old, by a spasmodic inflammation of the throat (since called croup), peculiar to children, and in those days not very well understood by medical men.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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It happened, on one occasion, when a nursery-servant of ours was waiting in her anteroom for the purpose of taking her turn in consulting the prophetess professionally, that she had witnessed a scene of consternation and unaffected maternal grief in this Hungarian lady upon the sudden seizure of her son, a child of four or five years old, by a spasmodic inflammation of the throat (since called croup) peculiar to children, and in those days not very well understood by medical men.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822
dailyword commented on the word croup
Minnie May, Diana's sister had this in the "Anne Of Green Gables" movie and book.
July 16, 2012