roup

¹ American  

[roop] / rup /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. any catarrhal inflammation of the eyes and nasal passages of poultry.

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roup ² American  

[roop] / rup /

noun

1. hoarseness or huskiness.

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roup ³ American  

[roup] / raʊp /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. auction.

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roup ¹ British  

/ raʊp /

verb

1. to sell by auction

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noun

1. an auction

roup ² British  

/ ruːp /

noun

1. vet science any of various chronic respiratory diseases of birds, esp poultry

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Other Word Forms

• roupy
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of roup¹

First recorded in 1550–60; origin uncertain

Origin of roup²

First recorded in 1575–85; probably imitative

Origin of roup³

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English roupen “to cry, shout,” from Old Norse raupa “to boast” (or hrōpa “to shout; to slander, defame”)

Example Sentences

Another roup on the same ground asked for 20%.

From Time Magazine Archive

Na, na, a' daurna promise for the roup, but ye can cairry it on whether a 'm there or no; prices dinna hang on a beadle, and they 're far mair than appearances.

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian

Cramp, roup, and some other diseases, more frequently arise from stagnant wet in the soil than from any other cause.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

And this same Boccaccio was the point of attack which formed the climax in the great contest of the Roxburghe roup, as the Duke's fellow-countrymen called it.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill

Friday.—I go with Mr. Hood to see a roup of an unfortunate farmer’s stock—rigid economy, and decent industry, do you preserve me from being the principal dramatis persona in such a scene of horror.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert