CROUP
What does "CROUP" mean?
A childhood illness that causes a harsh barking cough and difficulty breathing.
Meanings
- An infection of the upper airway in young children, marked by a barking cough, hoarseness, and a noisy strained breath. The toddler woke at midnight with the barking cough of croup. technical
- The rump or hindquarters of a horse, behind the saddle. He patted the mare on the croup before mounting.
Word origin
The illness sense is from Scots dialect 'croup' (to croak or cry hoarsely), of imitative origin; the horse sense is a separate word from Old French 'croupe' (rump).
Remember it
CROUP sounds like the hoarse CROAK-cough it names - and the same letters sit in 'group', the kids most likely to catch it.
A little poem
A seal in the crib-
the bark is not a dog but breath
fighting a small throat.
haiku
What it teaches
Two unrelated words can wear the same five letters: spelling promises nothing about meaning.
Quick facts
What does CROUP mean?
A childhood illness that causes a harsh barking cough and difficulty breathing.
Is CROUP a valid word?
Yes — CROUP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CROUP?
CROUP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CROUP come from?
The illness sense is from Scots dialect 'croup' (to croak or cry hoarsely), of imitative origin; the horse sense is a separate word from Old French 'croupe' (rump).
What can CROUP teach us?
Two unrelated words can wear the same five letters: spelling promises nothing about meaning.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.