scroop

[ skroop ]

verb (used without object)

1. to emit a harsh, grating sound:

   The gate scrooped as he swung it shut.

noun

1. a scrooping sound.
2. ability to make a rustling sound added to silk or rayon fabrics during finishing by treating them with certain acids.

scroop

/ skruːp /

verb

1. intr to emit a grating or creaking sound

noun

1. such a sound

Word History and Origins

Origin of scroop¹

1780–90; blend of scrape and whoop

Word History and Origins

Origin of scroop¹

C18: of imitative origin

Example Sentences

The same effect is achieved with a silk taffeta garment, featuring a sound called “scroop,” a combination of the words “scrape” and “whoop.“

From Seattle Times

Cambridge and Scroop has other views, which they nobly hid within their own bosoms, lest they should injure others; but this man was a traitor indeed, and he, ere his death, gave this letter, it seems, into the King's own hands, as that which began his communication with the enemy.

From Project Gutenberg

I had the guard on the box with me, and as we were going pretty hard down the High Street at Guildford I heard the wheel “scroop.”

From Project Gutenberg

The youth readily undertook the commission; but, from some mistake, instead of conveying it to Lady Scroop, he carried it to her sister, the Countess of Nottingham.

From Project Gutenberg

Scroop, of Bolton, in Yorkshire, who succeeded his father in his title, in 1592, made governor of Carlisle Castle, and warden of the West Marches, in 1593, and K. G. in 1599.

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