roup

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

roup, v. i. & t. [Cf. AS. hrpan to cry out, G. rufen, Goth. hrpian. Cf. Roop.].

 To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction.  Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]

roup, n. 

•  An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction.  Jamieson.  [1913 Webster]

  "To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over."  [1913 Webster]
•  A disease in poultry. See Pip.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

roup, n. & v. Sc. & N.Engl.
--n. an auction.
--v.tr. sell by auction.

roup, n. an infectious poultry-disease, esp. of the respiratory tract.

Derivative

roupy adj.

Etymology

16th c.: orig. unkn.

ROGET THESAURUS

roup

Sale

N sale, vent, disposal, auction, roup, Dutch auction, outcry, vendue, custom, vendibility, vendibleness, seller, vender, vendor, merchant, auctioneer, under the hammer, on the market, for sale, salable, marketable, vendible, unsalable unpurchased, unbought, on one's hands, chose qui plait est a demi vendue.