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Definition of Whoop
1. Noun. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement.
2. Verb. Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm. "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
Derivative terms: Whooper
3. Verb. Cough spasmodically. "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
Definition of Whoop
1. n. The hoopoe.
2. v. i. 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.
3. v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
4. n. 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.
5. n. The hoopoe.
6. v. i. 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.
7. v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
8. n. 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.
Definition of Whoop
1. Noun. An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy. ¹
2. Noun. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough. ¹
3. Noun. A bump on a racetrack. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To make a whoop. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive informal) To beat, to strike. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive informal) To defeat thoroughly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Whoop
1. to utter loud cries [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Whoop
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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.
Origin: OE. Houpen. See Hoop.
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.