whoop

n. [ See Hoopoe. ] (Zool.) The hoopoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Whooped p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping. ] [ OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each whooping with a merry shout. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

When naught was heard but now and then the howl
Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whoop of the crane. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, whooops. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woopher swan. (Zool.) See the Note under Swan. [ 1913 Webster ]