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

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Example Sentences

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scroop

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

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 George Manville Fenn

“I ain’t hurt, missus,” said the girl coolly, and she allowed herself to be piloted out of the room by her mistress, when a chair was heard to scroop.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn

I took my dingy volume by the scroop, and hurled it into the dog-kennel, vowing I hated a good book. 

From Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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 George Manville Fenn

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