Definitions of whoop [ʰwup, ʰwʊp, wup, wʊp; esp. for]

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Definition of 'whoop'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) whoop
a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.

2.  whoop
a loud, hollow call or hoot, as of an owl or baboon.

3.  whoop
a deep intake of air with a hollow gasping sound, as brought on by choking or rapidly repetitive coughing.

4. (v.i.) whoop
to utter a loud cry or shout in expressing enthusiasm, excitement, etc.

5.  whoop
to utter the cry of an owl or crane.

6. (v.t.) whoop
to utter with or as if with a whoop.

7.  whoop
to whoop to or at.

8.  whoop
to urge, pursue, or drive with whoops:
to whoop the dogs on.

9. (interj.) whoop
(used as a cry to attract attention from afar, or to show excitement, encouragement, enthusiasm, etc.)

10.  whoop
Informal.

11.  whoop
to celebrate noisily.

12.  whoop
to stir up enthusiasm.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME whopen; of expressive orig.)

Definition of 'whoop'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) whoop
a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

2. (verb) whoop
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
"The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"

3. (verb) hack, whoop
cough spasmodically
"The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

Definition of 'whoop'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) whoop
the hoopoe

2. (noun) whoop
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

3. (noun) whoop
a loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough

4. (verb) whoop
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

5. (verb) whoop
to cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough

6. (verb) whoop
to insult with shouts; to chase with derision

Translation of 'whoop'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a loud cry of delight, triumph etc a whoop of joy.
Afrikaans: uitroep, uitjou, jil	Arabic: صَيْحَة فَرَح	Bulgarian: крясък
Brazilian: grito	Czech: výkřik	German: der Schrei
Danish: jublen	Greek: γιούπι!	Spanish: grito/alarido (de alegría
Estonian: hõise	Farsi: فرياد	Finnish: kiljahdus
French: cri	Hebrew: קְרִיאָה	Hindi: हुंकारना
Croatian: živio!	Hungarian: kiáltás	Indonesian: pekikan gembira
Icelandic: óp, hróp	Italian: grido, urlo	Japanese: 喜びの叫び
Korean: (기쁨, 흥분 등으로) 우아 하는 소리, 환성	Lithuanian: šūksniai, spiegimas	Latvian: izsauciens; spiedziens (n
Malay: tempik sorak	Dutch: schreeuw	Norwegian: gledesrop, seiershyl
Polish: okrzyk radości/triumfu	Persian: فرياد	Pashto: چغه، كړيكه (دخوښۍ) شاباسى
Portuguese: grito	Romanian: strigăt	Russian: возглас
Slovak: výkrik, výskot	Slovenian: krik	Serbian: usklik
Swedish: rop, tjut	Thai: การร้องด้วยความดีใจ	Turkish: sevinç çığlığı
Taiwanese: (高興、勝利時的)歡呼，吶喊	Ukrainian: вигук, зойк	Urdu: خوشی کی تیز آواز
Vietnamese: tiếng la lớn	Chinese: （高兴时的）高呼
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