noun
Meaning 1
Hoarseness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
roop
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɹuːp/
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rhymes with -uːp
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CMU ARPABET: R UW1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To cry; shout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To roar; make a great noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To make hoarse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive, usually, with-up
Examples
- I am rooped up.
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History
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”).