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roup¹

  • /ɹuːp/

Rhymes with -uːp

Where it comes from

A variant of roop.

verb roups · rouping · rouped

  1. intransitive To cry or shout.
  2. Scotland, transitive To sell by auction. 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 roups

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

roup²

  • /ɹuːp/

Rhymes with -uːp

Where it comes from

Uncertain.

noun

  1. uncountable Bird canker; an infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

    Similar: canker, frounce, trichomoniasis

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@misc{roup_2026,
  title = {roup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}