Whoop
Whoop ({not transcribed}) , noun
[See Hoopoe.]
(Zoology) The hoopoe.
Whoop , intransitive verb
[Old English houpen. See Hoop, v. 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.
When naught was heard but now and then the howl
Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl.
2.
To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
Whoop , transitive verb
To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be
Whooped out of Rome.
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.
The whoop of the crane.
2.
A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.