Whoop

Quick meaning: Whoop is a noun meaning A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.

Meaning

A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

each whooping with a merry shout

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.

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

Word Forms

• whoops
• whooping
• whooped

Synonyms for whoop

Depending on context, synonyms include hack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hack, doo, kick, whip, woop, whoop-de-doo.

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