croup

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a disease of infants and young children; harsh coughing and hoarseness and fever and difficult breathing

Definition categories: state, angina

2. the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

Similar word(s): croupe, hindquarters, rump

Definition categories: animal

verb

1. (obsolete outside dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.