scroop

American  

[skroop] / skrup /

verb (used without object)

1. to emit a harsh, grating sound.

   The gate scrooped as he swung it shut.

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noun

1. a scrooping sound.

2. ability to make a rustling sound added to silk or rayon fabrics during finishing by treating them with certain acids.

scroop British  

/ skruːp /

verb

1. (intr) to emit a grating or creaking sound

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noun

1. such a sound

Etymology

Origin of scroop

1780–90; blend of scrape and whoop

Example Sentences

Gainsborough studied Van Dyck’s composition and color, and in maturity absorbed elements of the master—the grand scroop of silk, the drama of the gaze—into his own portraiture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Only the "scroop" of the runners and jingle of the sleigh-bells seemed to be hammered into the brain, for all eternity.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry

Jerry caught at one of the hall chairs, and made it scroop on the stone floor.

From The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne by Smith, A. Monro

Old Mr Paul pushed back his chair and made it scroop loudly on the summer-house floor, as he bared his yellow teeth in a grin.

From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville

I had been writing about half an hour, working away diligently enough, when I heard the chair on the other side of the partition scroop, and Mr Blakeford came up behind me.

From The Story of Antony Grace by Fenn, George Manville