roup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːp/

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• Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

A variant of roop.

Verb

roup (third-person singular simple present roups, present participle rouping, simple past and past participle rouped)

1. To cry or shout.
2. (Scotland) To sell by auction.
   • 1791, William Orem, A Description of the Chanonry in Old Aberdeen:

     During the space of his tack he had plentiful crops of corn upon it, and when his tacks were run ont, the town took it into their own hands, and rouped it annually

Noun

roup (plural roups)

1. An outcry.
2. (Scotland) A sale of goods by auction.

Derived terms

• roup sale

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Noun

roup (uncountable)

1. An infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

Synonyms

• (pigeon) canker
• (falconry) frounce
• (avian) trichomoniasis

Anagrams

• pour, puro

Czech

Etymology

Cognate with Polish rup (“pinworm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrou̯p]

Noun

roup m anim

1. pinworm

   roup lidský ― human pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis)

Declension

Declension of roup (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	roup	roupi
genitive	roupa	roupů
dative	roupovi, roupu	roupům
accusative	roupa	roupy
vocative	roupe	roupi
locative	roupovi, roupu	roupech
instrumental	roupem	roupy

Noun

roup m inan

1. (in the plural) foolishness, caprice

Declension

Declension of roupy (pl-only hard masculine inanimate)

	plural
nominative	roupy
genitive	roupů
dative	roupům
accusative	roupy
vocative	roupy
locative	roupech
instrumental	roupy

Further reading

• “roup”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “roup”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “roup”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025