whoop

1. n. The hoopoe. Source: opted

2. v. i. 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. Source: opted

3. v. i. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. Source: opted

4. v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. Source: opted

5. n. 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. Source: opted

6. n. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. Source: opted

7. n. a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement Source: wordnet

8. v. shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm Source: wordnet

9. v. cough spasmodically Source: wordnet

10. The hoopoe. 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. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. Shak. 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. Source: webster

11. n:24/u:33/v:43 n. a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement v. shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm Source: ecdict

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