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not worth a whoop

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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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2whoop
Function: noun
: the crowing intake of breath following a paroxysm in whooping cough
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

whoop (h&oomacr;p, hw&oomacr;p, w&oomacr;p)
n.
The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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