WHOOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whoop mean? 

• WHOOP (noun)
  The noun WHOOP has 1 sense:

1. a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

  Familiarity information: WHOOP used as a noun is very rare.

• WHOOP (verb)
  The verb WHOOP has 2 senses:

1. shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

2. cough spasmodically

  Familiarity information: WHOOP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHOOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("whoop" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

whoop (shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm)

• WHOOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they whoop    ... he / she / it whoops   
Past simple: whooped   
Past participle: whooped   
-ing form: whooping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table

Hypernyms (to "whoop" is one way to...):

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

whoop (a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement)

whooper (common Old World swan noted for its whooping call)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cough spasmodically

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

hack; whoop

Context example:

The patient with emphysema is hacking all day

Hypernyms (to "whoop" is one way to...):

cough (exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

I wouldn't give two whoops in hell for a dog that wouldn't fight for his own meat.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This was greeted with whoops of joy, and from then on Wolf Larsen had seven strong men on top of him, Louis, I believe, taking no part in it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Birds were calling among the foliage—especially one with a peculiar whooping cry which was new to us—but beyond these sounds there were no signs of life.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

B. parapertussis is found in the respiratory tract of mammals where it usually causes a mild form of whooping cough.

(Bordetella parapertussis, NCI Thesaurus)

“Go in, then! Go in!” whooped the two prize-fighters, while every backer in the crowd took up the roar.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A buzz of delight burst from the archers, as they broke their ranks and ran hither and thither, whooping and cheering like boys who have news of a holiday.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Any of various biologically active proteins or toxins elaborated by Bordetella pertussis that cause the symptoms of whooping cough.

(Pertussis Toxin, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called whooping cough.

(Pertussis, NCI Dictionary)

It’s not that I care a whoop what becomes of you, but for the dogs’ sakes I just want to tell you, you can help them a mighty lot by breaking out that sled.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

This part of the business, however, did not last long; for the young rascal, being expert at a variety of feints and dodges, of which my aunt had no conception, soon went whooping away, leaving some deep impressions of his nailed boots in the flower-beds, and taking his donkey in triumph with him.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)