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Roop vs Roopy - What's the difference?

roop | roopy |

Roopy is a derived term of roop.

Roopy is a related term of roop.



As a verb roop

is to cry; shout.

As a noun roop

is a cry; a call.

As an adjective roopy is

hoarse.

roop

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (Scotland)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ropen, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cry; shout.
  • To roar; make a great noise.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rop, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cry; a call.
  • Hoarseness.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (usually with up) To make hoarse.
    • I am rooped up.
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

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    roopy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Hoarse.
  • *1863 , Charles Dickens, David Copperfield :
    • But he said he had observed I was sometimes hoarse — a little roopy was his exact expression — and it should be, every drop, devoted to the purpose he had mentioned.
  • *1934 , P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves :
    • It wasn't in its essentials a musical voice, being on the thick side and a shade roopy . If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.

    Related terms

    * (l)