Whoop
Definition of Whoop
n. | 1. | (Zool.) The hoopoe. | v. i. | 1. | | | 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. | | 2. | To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. | v. t. | 1. | To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. | 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.The whoop of the crane. - Longfellow. | | 2. | A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. |
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