croup

Plural: croups

Noun

A respiratory infection, usually in children, causing a harsh cough.
a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing
the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks
The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

Verb

To croak, make a hoarse noise.

Examples

Despite having a powerful letter ’P’, he couldn’t form a word better than CROUP.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English croupe, from Old French croupe (“rump, body”), from Old Norse kroppr (“body, trunk, mass”), from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body, mass, heap, collection, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to curve, bend, crawl”). More at crupper, doublet of croupe, group, and crop.

Synonyms

croupe, hindquarters, rump, spasmodic laryngitis

Scrabble Score: 9

croup: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
croup: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
croup: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

croup: valid Words With Friends Word