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Definition of 'whoop'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) whopen, whowpen, howpen, , see (l).
Alternative forms
* (l)
* (l)
Noun
( en-noun)
An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy.
A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
A bump on a racetrack.
* 2006 , Steve Casper, ATVs: Everything You Need to Know (page 104)
- The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad
* 2009 , Lee Klancher, Kevin Cameron, Motorcycle Dream Garages (page 184)
- The “98 MPH” sign used to be on a set of particularly vicious whoops at one of John's favorite racetracks.
A bird, the hoopoe.
Verb
( en-verb)
To make a whoop.
* (William Wordsworth)
- each whooping with a merry shout
* W. Browne
- When naught was heard but now and then the howl / Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl.
To shout, to yell.
* |chapter=7
|title= Mr. Pratt's Patients
|passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}
To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
(obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
* (William Shakespeare)
- And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be / Whooped out of Rome.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms
* whoop it up
Etymology 2
Corruption of whip .
Alternative forms
* whup
Verb
( en-verb)
(informal) To beat, to strike.
(informal) To defeat thoroughly.
Derived terms
* whoop someone's ass
* open a can of whoop ass
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