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Webster 1913 Edition
Whoop
Whoop
,Noun.
[See Hoopoe.]
(Zool.)
The hoopoe.
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
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
,Verb.
T.
To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be
Whooped
out of Rome. Shakespeare
Whoop
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whoop
WHOOP
,Noun.
1.
A shout of pursuit.2.
A shout of war; a particular cry of troops when they rush to the attack. The Indians of America are remarkable for their war whoop.3.
The bird called hoopoe or upupa.WHOOP
,Verb.
I.
WHOOP
,Verb.
T.