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Roop

Roop

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Noun.
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Roup
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[Prov. Eng.]

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Roop

Roop

See also: roop

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Roop m

  1. rope

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Derived terms

  • Bääterroop
  • Faanderroop
  • Wainroop

roop

roop

See also: Roop

English

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Verb

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

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