roup Meaning, Definition & Usage

Roup intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. AS. hrpan to cry out, G. rufen, Goth. hrpian. Cf. Roop.
Definitions
  1. To cry or shout; hence, to sell by auction. Scot. Jamieson.
Roup noun
Definitions
  1. An outcry; hence, a sale of gods by auction. Scot. Jamieson.
    To roup, that is, the sale of his crops, was over. J. C. Shairp.
  2. A disease in poultry. See Pip.

Webster 1913