[hoop, hoo
p; especially for 1, 11–4, 6–9 hwoop, hwoop, woop, woop] 
| 1. | a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy. |
| 2. | the sound made by a person suffering from whooping cough. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 9. | (used as a cry to attract attention from afar, or to show excitement, encouragement, enthusiasm, etc.) |
| 10. | whoop up, Informal. to promote or praise; extol: a class reunion where they whoop up the good old days. |
| 11. | not worth a whoop, Informal. to be worthless: Their promises aren't worth a whoop. |
| 12. | whoop it up, Informal.
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| whoop (hōōp, hwōōp, wōōp) n.
v. intr.
[From Middle English whopen, to whoop, variant of hopen, from Old French hopper, of imitative origin.] |
whoop (h&oomacr;p, hw&oomacr;p, w&oomacr;p)
n.
The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.