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Whoop Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Whoop? [n] a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement [v] cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" [v] shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Whoop: hack Related Terms \| Find terms related to Whoop: See Also \| call \| call \| cough \| cry \| cry \| holler \| hollo \| outcry \| scream \| shout \| shout \| shout out \| squall \| vociferation \| yell \| yell Whoop In Webster's Dictionary \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.) The hoopoe. \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.] 1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth. When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne. 2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. \Whoop\, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. --Shak. \Whoop\, n. 1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. --Addison. The whoop of the crane. --Longfellow. 2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

Whoop Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Whoop?

[n] a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
[v] cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
[v] shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Whoop: hack

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Whoop In Webster's Dictionary

\Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The hoopoe.


\Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.]
1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm,
   or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a
   war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.

         Each whooping with a merry shout.     --Wordsworth.

         When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of
         some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne.

2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
   whooping cough.


\Whoop\, v. t.
To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

      And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped
      out of Rome.                             --Shak.


\Whoop\, n.
1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness,
   enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an
   halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.

         A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable
         detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and
         pursued him with whoops and halloos.  --Addison.

         The whoop of the crane.               --Longfellow.

2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration,
   as in whooping cough.

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