Found 2 items, similar to Croup.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: croup croup n 1: a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing [syn: spasmodic laryngitis ] 2: the part of a quadruped that corresponds to the human buttocks [syn: hindquarters, croupe, rump]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Croup Croup \Croup\ (kr[=oo]p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. Crop.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. [1913 Webster] So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Croup \Croup\ (kr[=oo]p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. Crop.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria. [1913 Webster]