lockrop

Swedish

Etymology

locka (“attract”) +‎ rop (“call”)

Noun

lockrop n

1. a herding call (call by a human to attract animals, often livestock)
2. a call from an animal to attract other animals, like a mating call

   Synonyms: (mating call) parningsrop, (mating call) parningsläte

3. (figuratively) a calling out to attract people (for example by a street vendor)

Declension

Declension of lockrop
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lockrop	lockropet	lockrop	lockropen
Genitive	lockrops	lockropets	lockrops	lockropens

References

• lockrop in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lockrop in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)