Definitions for whoop
ʰwup, ʰwʊp, wup, wʊp; esp. for 2 hup, hʊpwhoop

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. whoopverb

   a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

2. whoopverb

   shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

   "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"

3. hack, whoopverb

   cough spasmodically

   "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Whoopnoun

   the hoopoe

   Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]

2. Whoopverb

   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

   Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]

3. Whoopverb

   to cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough

   Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]

4. Whoopverb

   to insult with shouts; to chase with derision

   Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]

5. Whoopnoun

   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

   Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]

6. Whoopnoun

   a loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough

   Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Whoop

   hwōōp, or hōōp, n. a loud eager cry.—v.i. to give a clear, sharp cry: to shout in scorn, eagerness, &c.—v.t. to insult with shouts.—interj. (Shak.) ho!—ns. Whoop′er, one who whoops: a species of swan; Whoop′ing-cough, Hooping-cough, an infectious and epidemic disease, mostly attacking children under ten, esp. in spring and autumn, its characteristic sign a cough occurring in paroxysms consisting of a series of short expiratory puffs followed by a deep inspiration of air through the contracted cleft of the glottis. [O. Fr. houper, to shout; cf. Houp! Houp-la! Perh. of Teut. origin, cog. with Goth. wōpjan, to crow.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. whoop

   A shout; a loud noise which soldiers make in charging. It is a natural though a barbarous habit, and has been preserved in civilized armies from a prevailing custom among savages, particularly the wild Indians of America.

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1. • Cough
   • Shout

How to pronounce whoop?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whoop in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whoop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of whoop in a Sentence

1. Justin Bieber:

   It was just a random tweet. I do that stuff sometimes, i think Tom Cruise.Bieber would probably whoop my a ** in a fight. Tom Cruise.Bieber's got that dad strength.

2. George John Whyte-Melville:

   Then drink, puppy, drink, and let ev'ry puppy drink, That is old enough to lap and to swallow; For he'll grow into a hound, so we'll pass the bottle round, And merrily we'll whoop and we'll holloa.

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