Whooping
Translation- Whooping
- 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.
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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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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