roop

roop

See also: Roop

English

Alternative forms

• roup (Scotland)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ropen, 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 ropa (“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”).

Verb

roop (third-person singular simple present roops, present participle rooping, simple past and past participle rooped)

1. (intransitive) To cry; shout.
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To roar; make a great noise.

Derived terms

• roopit

Etymology 2

From Middle English rop, from Old English hrōp (“clamor, lamentation”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaz, *hrōpą (“shout, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor- (“to caw, crow”). Cognate with Dutch roep (“a call, cry, shout”), German Ruf (“a call, cry, reputation”), Swedish rop (“call, cry, shout”).

Noun

roop (plural roops)

1. A cry; a call.
2. Hoarseness.

Derived terms

• roopy

Etymology 3

From roop (“hoarseness”).

Verb

roop (third-person singular simple present roops, present participle rooping, simple past and past participle rooped)

1. (transitive, usually with up) To make hoarse.

   I am rooped up.

Derived terms

• rooped up

Anagrams

• poor, poro-

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ruːp/

  Rhymes: -ùːp

Etymology

From Old Norse hrópa, from Proto-Germanic *hrōpaną.

Verb

roop (preterite rooft, supine rofft)

1. to cry out, call, shout