What does whoop mean?
Definitions for whoop
ʰwup, ʰwʊp, wup, wʊp; esp. for 2 hup, hʊpwhoop
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Princeton's WordNet
whoop(verb)
a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
whoop(verb)
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
"The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
hack, whoop(verb)
cough spasmodically
"The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
Webster Dictionary
Whoop(noun)
the hoopoe
Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]
Whoop(verb)
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.]
Whoop(verb)
to cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough
Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]
Whoop(verb)
to insult with shouts; to chase with derision
Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]
Whoop(noun)
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.]
Whoop(noun)
a loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough
Etymology: [See Hoopoe.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whoop in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whoop in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of whoop in a Sentence
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.
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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