Croupy

Inspiratory stridor, with or without intercostal recession, pallor, with or without cyanosis with cough and "croupy" voice. ❋ Unknown (1993)

There is a brazen, barking, "croupy" cough in spasmodic croup. ❋ William S. Sadler (N/A)

It seemed as though dozens of men were snoring at the same time, and that some of them were dangerously "croupy," for they choked and gulped, and every now and then one would have nightmare and groan and yell until some one would tell him to "shut up," or perhaps say something funny about him to the others. ❋ Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe (N/A)

A "croupy" child should be carefully shielded from all physical excitation, sudden waking from sleep, and any punishment that tends to awaken intense fear or terror. ❋ Joel Dorman Steele (N/A)

Cases of fatal croup still occasionally occur which cannot be directly traced to other cases of diphtheria, but the vast majority of them are clearly traceable to infection, usually from some case in another child, which was so mild that it was not recognized as diphtheria until the baby became "croupy" and search was made through the family throats for the bacilli. ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)

This past week, however, the three-year-old came downstairs one morning, sat on the step to play, and started to cough a new, nasty, croupy cough. ❋ Dr. G (2012)

Another round of croupy business, followed a week later by a nasty, congested, coughing cold, and now, that cold has morphed. ❋ Kittenpie (2008)

By midnight, when I slipped in to push a little more Tyelnol into her sleeping mouth, she was not so hot, and her room was the perfect oasis for a croupy child - cool, but nor cold, and as moist as a rainforest. ❋ Kittenpie (2008)

One mother of a croupy child remembered that she made a night-time house call on a cold January evening (Dr. Reyersbach was a terrible driver) simply because "I know it's very scary." ❋ Unknown (2010)

I hate to steal your punchline, Ray, but it's too damn good: "I think the last word ought to be left for the youngest critic in the room the Tuesday night screening I attended, a croupy little girl who gooed loudly at a quiet moment about forty-five minutes in, 'Mommy, can we go home and watch Shrek?'" ❋ Unknown (2007)

We had the croupy thing in early October that kept me wiped out for the whole month, pretty much, then a cold a couple of weeks ago, and yesterday, I was walking around with a nice fever and my tonsils blew up. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

It means changing poopy diapers and getting up with croupy babies, even when it's not your turn. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This past weekend, he had a barking seal, dry, croupy cough, and then yesterday and today, he mentioned that his mouth hurt, and his cough had turned a bit, now more congested. ❋ Unknown (2006)

R middle-of-the-night respiratory problems-the baby woke up gasping, with a croupy bark. ❋ Kellerman, Jonathan (1992)

In a mild attack there is simply noisy breathing, especially on drawing in the breath, with a tight, barking, or croupy cough. ❋ L. Emmett Holt (N/A)

If the larynx or throat are involved, the voice will become hoarse, and a croupy cough, with difficult breathing, shows that the air passage to the lungs is being obstructed by the false membrane. ❋ B.G. Jefferis (N/A)

Woah! [Alexa] has been croupy lately and [my dick] [loves it] ❋ Imapemmet (2016)

Woah! [Alexa] has been really croupy [lately]....[but I like it]😉😏 ❋ Imapemmet (2016)