Whoop

Definition of Whoop

n.	1.	(Zool.) The hoopoe.
v. i.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Whooped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.]
	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.
v. t.	1.	To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. - Shak.
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. 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.

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