Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Whoop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whoop \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whoop \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The hoopoe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whoop \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whoop \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry;
cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G.
wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zo["o]l.)
A European bird of the genus {Upupa} ({U. epops}), having a
beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure.
Called also {hoop}, {whoop}. The name is also applied to
several other species of the same genus and allied genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout;
-- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in
calling. Cf. {Whoop}.]
1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by
way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written
{whoop}.]
2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See {Whoop}.
{Hooping cough}. (Med.) See {Whooping cough}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whoop
n : a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
v 1: shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped
when they were led to the picnic table"
2: cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking
all day" [syn: {hack}]
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