croupy

1 9.7

Having a harsh, barking cough and noisy breathing

adjective
/ˈkruːpi/

Specialized

: crouposo

After catching a cold, she developed a croupy sound in her breathing.

Examples

"Good work." Oswald began making soft, croupy, rhythmic sounds.

Fiction book (1999)
The child had a croupy cough that kept him awake all night.
Parents should be alert for croupy symptoms in their children during winter months.

Synonyms

hacking

vscroupy

3 3.9

A short harsh cough that sounds dry

has a barking hoarse cough sound rather than a dry short one

croaky

vscroupy

1 4.4

A rough, hoarse voice like a frog

refers to a barking hoarse cough rather than a general rough voice

How Hoarse

strangled

4 6.7

croupy

Specialized

1 9.7

hoarse

21 3.4

husky

9 5.3

Surface Forms

croupy positive

Morphology

croupy = croup (transparent) = croup + y

Direct adjectival formation from the noun 'croup' with '-y' meaning 'having the qualities or symptoms of croup', so the relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Croupy comes from croup, an old word for 'a hoarse cry' or a rough sound in the throat. So croupy describes someone with that hoarse, barking cough.