'Croup' definitions:
Definition of 'croup'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing [syn: croup, spasmodic laryngitis]
noun
The part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump]
Definition of 'Croup'
From: GCIDE
- Croup \Croup\ (kr[=oo]p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. Crop.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Croup'
From: GCIDE
- Croup \Croup\ (kr[=oo]p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. Crop.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. [1913 Webster]
- So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'croup'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute bronchitis,
- adenoiditis,
- aluminosis,
- amygdalitis,
- anthracosilicosis,
- anthracosis,
- asbestosis,
- Asiatic flu,
- asthma,
- atypical pneumonia,
- backside,
- behind,
- bituminosis,
- black lung,
- bronchial pneumonia,
- bronchiectasis,
- bronchiolitis,
- bronchitis,
- bronchopneumonia,
- butt,
- buttocks,
- catarrh,
- chalicosis,
- chronic bronchitis,
- cold,
- collapsed lung,
- common cold,
- coniosis,
- coryza,
- croupous pneumonia,
- crupper,
- double pneumonia,
- dry pleurisy,
- emphysema,
- empyema,
- epidemic pleurodynia,
- fibrinous pneumonia,
- flu,
- grippe,
- haunches,
- hay fever,
- hind end,
- Hong Kong flu,
- influenza,
- la grippe,
- laryngitis,
- lipoid pneumonia,
- lobar pneumonia,
- lung cancer,
- lung fever,
- nates,
- pharyngitis,
- pleurisy,
- pleuritis,
- pneumococcal pneumonia,
- pneumoconiosis,
- pneumonia,
- pneumonic fever,
- pneumothorax,
- posterior,
- quinsy,
- rear,
- rear end,
- rheum,
- rump,
- siderosis,
- silicosis,
- sore throat,
- swine flu,
- the sniffles,
- the snuffles,
- tonsilitis,
- virus pneumonia,
- wet pleurisy,
- whooping cough