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Definition of Whoop

1. Verb. Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm. "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"

2. Noun. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement.

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

1. 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. The hoopoe. See: Hoopoe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Whoop

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