scroop
English
Etymology
Imitative.
Verb
scroop (third-person singular simple present scroops, present participle scrooping, simple past and past participle scrooped)
- To produce a rustling sound, like that from friction between silk fibers.
- The friction causes the silk to scroop.
Noun
scroop (plural scroops)
- A rustling sound like that produced from friction between silk fibers.
References
- Dictionary.com. Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7). Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scroop (accessed: January 08, 2008).
- Effects of basic weave differences in silk fabric and yarn type variation in satin weave on sound parameters, Textile Research Journal, Jun 2002 by Kim, Chunjeong, Cho, Gilsoo
- Mechanism of Scrooping Sound of Silk, Journal of the Textile Machinery Society of Japan, Vol.23, No. 2 (1977) pp.35-40, Hideo Morooka and Kokichi Furusato
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