Meaning

A loud, eager cry, usually of joy..

Definitions by Sense

1. A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
2. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
3. A bump on a racetrack.
4. (intransitive) To make a whoop.
5. (transitive) To shout, to yell.
6. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
8. (transitive, informal) To beat, to strike.

Example Sentences

Mixed with the whoop of the crane and the roar of the grim alligator.

[A] great whoop of victory sounded as finally they carried the fish up the beach.

Lavender Hearts has often been stopped by the presence of some wild woman who just can't contain her whoop or moan. Now that's community!

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The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […]

The “98 MPH” sign used to be on a set of particularly vicious whoops at one of John's favorite racetracks.

each whooping with a merry shout

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

Word Forms

• whoops
• hoop
• howp
• whooping
• whooped
• whup

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When Should You Use Whoop?

Use whoop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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