Roop Definition

verb

(intransitive) To cry; shout.

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

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(usually with up) To make hoarse.
I am rooped up.
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noun

A cry; a call.

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Other Word Forms of Roop

Noun

Singular:
roop
Plural:
roops

Origin of Roop

  • From Middle English ropen, 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”), Eastern Frisian ropa (“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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  • 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”).

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  • From roop (“hoarseness”).

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