Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.]

[OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i.]

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.

Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth.

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

2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

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Whoop \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.]

(Zo["o]l.) The hoopoe.

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Whoop \Whoop\, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. --Shak.

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Whoop \Whoop\, 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.

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

The whoop of the crane. --Longfellow.

2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.

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Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.]

(Zo["o]l.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.

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Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.]

1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]

2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.

Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)