roup

present singular third person roups · participle present rouping · participle past rouped · past rouped

1. intransitiveTo cry or shout.
2. ScotlandtransitiveTo sell by auction.

   During the space of his tack he had plentiful crops of corn upon it, and when his tacks were run ont, the town took it into their own hands, and rouped it annually

   1791, William Orem, A Description of the Chanonry in Old Aberdeen

plural roups

1. An outcry.
2. ScotlandA sale of goods by auction.

1. uncountableBird canker; an infectious disease of poultry caused by Trichomonas gallinae.

   Synonyms: canker, frounce, trichomoniasis