English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Whoop

Whoop (n.)

The hoopoe.

Whoop (v. i.)

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.

Whoop (v. i.)

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

Whoop (v. t.)

To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

Whoop (n.)

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.

Whoop (n.)

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