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English Dictionary: whoop	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for whoop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whoop n a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement v shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table" cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day" Synonym(s): hack, whoop
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whoop \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo[94]l.) The hoopoe.
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\, 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[94]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}.