What does whoop mean?
Definitions for whoop
ʰwup, ʰwʊp, wup, wʊp; esp. for 2 hup, hʊpwhoop
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Princeton's WordNet
whoopverb
a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
whoopverb
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
"The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
hack, whoopverb
cough spasmodically
"The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
WHOOPnoun
Let them breathe a-while, and then
Cry whoop, and set them on again. Hudibras.A fox crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapp’d spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and hallows. Addison.
To Whoopverb
To insult with shouts.
While he trusts me, ’twere so base a part
To fawn, and yet betray; I shou’d be hiss’d
And whoop’d in hell for that ingratitude. Dryden.To Whoopverb
To shout with malignity.
Etymology: from the noun.
Treason and murder ever kept together,
As two yoke devils sworn to either’s purpose:
Working so grosly in a nat’ral cause,
That admiration did not whoop at them. William Shakespeare.
Webster Dictionary
Whoopnoun
the hoopoe
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
Whoopverb
to cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough
Whoopverb
to insult with shouts; to chase with derision
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
Whoopnoun
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
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.
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.
Jackson Jr. and Morant not gon na whoop that trick alone, we gon na whoop that trick together if we're gon na whoop that trick.
All of you chumps are gonna bow, when i whoop him. All of y'all! I know you got him, i know you got him picked....But the man's in trouble. I'mma show You how great i am
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