Category:Whooping

Whoop"ing,

Defn: a. & n. from whoop, v. t. Whooping cough (med.), a violent, Convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and Consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous Inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison. -- whooping crane (zoöl.), a north american crane (crus americana) Noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. -- whooping swan (zoöl.), the whooper swan. See the note under swan.