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roop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹuːp/

Etymology

From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”).

Meanings

1. Hoarseness.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
roops	Number=Plur		lexicographic
roup		Scotland, alternative	lexicographic

Deriveds

roopy

roop en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɹuːp/

Etymology

From Middle English ropen (“to cry out”), from Old English hrōpan (“to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną (“to call, shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Scots roup (“to shout, roar, cry out loudly”), Saterland Frisian roupe (“to call, shout”), Dutch roepen (“to shout, cry out”), German rufen (“to call, cry, shout”), Swedish ropa (“to call, cry out, shout”), Icelandic hrópa (“to cry out”).

Meanings

1. (dialectal, intransitive) To cry; shout.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To roar; make a great noise.
3. (dialectal, transitive, usually, with-up) To make hoarse.
   • I am rooped up.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
rooping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
roops	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
roup		Scotland, alternative	lexicographic
rooped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
rooped	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Deriveds

roopit · rooped up · outroop · stoop and roop