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Webster 1913 Edition

Whoop

Whoop

,
Noun.
[See Hoopoe.]
(Zool.)
The hoopoe.

Whoop

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Whooped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Whooping
.]
[OE.
houpen
. See
Hoop
,
Verb.
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

,
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.
Hoop. [ This is the same as hoop, but aspirated. The sense is to drive out the voice.]
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.
To shout with a particular voice.

WHOOP

,
Verb.
T.
To insult with shouts.

Definition 2024

whoop

whoop

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wo͞op, hwo͞op, IPA(key): /wuːp/ or enPR: ho͞op, IPA(key): /huːp/
  • Rhymes: -uːp
  • Homophone: hoop (for one pronunciation of the noun and the associated intransitive verb)

Noun

whoop ‎(plural whoops)

  1. An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy.
  2. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
  3. A bump on a racetrack.
    • 2006, Steve Casper, ATVs: Everything You Need to Know (page 104)
      The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […]
    • 2009, Lee Klancher, Kevin Cameron, Motorcycle Dream Garages (page 184)
      The “98 MPH” sign used to be on a set of particularly vicious whoops at one of John's favorite racetracks.
  4. A bird, the hoopoe.
Translations

Verb

whoop ‎(third-person singular simple present whoops, present participle whooping, simple past and past participle whooped)

  1. (intransitive) To make a whoop.
    • William Wordsworth
      each whooping with a merry shout
    • W. Browne
      When naught was heard but now and then the howl / Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl.
  2. (transitive) To shout, to yell.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
  3. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
Translations
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:shout
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Corruption of whip.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wo͝op, hwo͝op, IPA(key): /wʊp/, /ʍʊp/

Verb

whoop ‎(third-person singular simple present whoops, present participle whooping, simple past and past participle whooped)

  1. (transitive, informal) To beat, to strike.
  2. (transitive, informal) To defeat thoroughly.
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Derived terms

See also

Etymology

From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen ‎(“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper ‎(“to shout”), of uncertain origin (compare Old Norse ópa ‎(“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(wōpjan, “to crow as a cock”), Gothic 𐌷𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(hwōpjan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan ‎(“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop ‎(“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp ‎(“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), see woop.

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