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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Croup \Croup\ (kr??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. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Croup \Croup\ (kr??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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: croup n 1: a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing [syn: {spasmodic laryngitis}] 2: the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: {hindquarters}, {croupe}, {rump}]
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