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