Roop

//ɹuːp// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Hoarseness.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cry; shout. dialectal, intransitive
  2. 2
    To roar; make a great noise. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
  3. 3
    To make hoarse. dialectal, transitive, usually, with-up

    "I am rooped up."

Synonyms

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callscreamshout

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”).

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rooped upstoop and roop

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