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whoop

  [hoop, hoop; especially for 1, 11–4, 6–9 hwoop, hwoop, woop, woop]
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–noun
1. a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
2. the sound made by a person suffering from whooping cough.
–verb (used without object)
3. to utter a loud cry or shout in expressing enthusiasm, excitement, etc.
4. to cry as an owl, crane, or certain other birds.
5. to make the characteristic sound accompanying the deep intake of air following a series of coughs in whooping cough.
–verb (used with object)
6. to utter with or as if with a whoop.
7. to whoop to or at.
8. to call, urge, pursue, or drive with whoops: to whoop dogs on.
–interjection
9. (used as a cry to attract attention from afar, or to show excitement, encouragement, enthusiasm, etc.)
—Verb phrase
10. whoop up, Informal. to promote or praise; extol: a class reunion where they whoop up the good old days.
—Idioms
11. not worth a whoop, Informal. to be worthless: Their promises aren't worth a whoop.
12. whoop it up, Informal.
a. to raise a disturbance, as to celebrate noisily: They whooped it up after winning the big game.
b. to stir up enthusiasm, as for an idea or project: Every spring they whoop it up for the circus.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME whopen, OE hwōpan to threaten; c. Goth hwopan to boast
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whoop   (hōōp, hwōōp, wōōp)   
n.  
    1. A loud cry of exultation or excitement.
    2. A shout uttered by a hunter or warrior.
  2. A hooting cry, as of a bird.
  3. The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.
v.   whooped, whoop·ing, whoops

v.   intr.
  1. To utter a loud shout or cry. See Synonyms at shout.
  2. To utter a hooting cry.
  3. To make the paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.
v.   tr.
  1. To utter with a whoop.
  2. To chase, call, urge on, or drive with a whoop: whooping the cattle down the road.

[From Middle English whopen, to whoop, variant of hopen, from Old French hopper, of imitative origin.]
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Whoop

Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.) The hoopoe.

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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : Whoop
Spanish: grito, *alarido (de alegría),
German: der Schrei,
Japanese: 喜びの叫び
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whoop  (v.)
c.1376, houpen, partly imitative, partly from O.Fr. houper "to cry out," also imitative. It is attested as an interjection from at least 1460. The noun is recorded from 1600. Extended form whoopee is attested from 1845, originally Amer.Eng.; whoopee cushion is attested from 1960. Phrase whoop it up "create a disturbance" is recorded from 1884. Expression whoop-de-do is recorded from 1929. Whooping cough (1739) is now the prevalent spelling of hooping cough; whooping crane is recorded from 1791.
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Main Entry: 1whoop
Pronunciation: 'hüp, 'hup
Function: intransitive verb
: to make the characteristic whoop of whooping cough

Main Entry: 2whoop
Function: noun
: the crowing intake of breath following a paroxysm in whooping cough
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whoop (h&oomacr;p, hw&oomacr;p, w&oomacr;p)
n.
The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.

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