Category:Whoop

Whoop (, n. Etym: [see hoopoe.] (zoöl.)

Defn: the hoopoe.

Whoop Whoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.] Etym: [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.

Whoop Whoop, v. t.

Defn: to insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be whooped out of rome. Shak.

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.