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.]

(Zool.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. 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.]

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2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. [1913 Webster]

Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough. [1913 Webster]

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

(Zool.) The hoopoe. [1913 Webster]

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

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

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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]

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Whoop \Whoop\, v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. [1913 Webster]

And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

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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. [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]

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42 Moby Thesaurus words for "whoop": ace, bark, battle cry, bawl, bellow, call, caterwaul, cheer, cry, damn, hail, halloo, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, jot, lota, modicum, rallying cry, ray, roar, scream, screech, shout, shred, shriek, squall, squawk, squeal, war cry, war whoop, whit, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl

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whoop

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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)