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whoop
[ woop, woop, hwoop, hwoop ]
noun
- a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
- the sound made by a person suffering from whooping cough.
verb (used without object)
- to utter a loud cry or shout in expressing enthusiasm, excitement, etc.
- to cry as an owl, crane, or certain other birds.
- to make the characteristic sound accompanying the deep intake of air following a series of coughs in whooping cough.
verb (used with object)
- to utter with or as if with a whoop.
- to whoop to or at.
- to call, urge, pursue, or drive with whoops:
to whoop dogs on.
interjection
- (used as a cry to attract attention from afar, or to show excitement, encouragement, enthusiasm, etc.)
verb phrase
- Informal. to promote or praise; extol:
a class reunion where they whoop up the good old days.
whoop
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verb
- to utter (speech) with loud cries, as of enthusiasm or excitement
- med to cough convulsively with a crowing sound made at each inspiration
- (of certain birds) to utter (a hooting cry)
- tr to urge on or call with or as if with whoops
- whoop it up informal.
- to indulge in a noisy celebration
- to arouse enthusiasm
noun
- a loud cry, esp one expressing enthusiasm or excitement
- med the convulsive crowing sound made during a paroxysm of whooping cough
- not worth a whoop informal.worthless
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of whoop1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of whoop1
Idioms and Phrases
- not worth a whoop, Informal. to be worthless:
Their promises aren't worth a whoop.
- whoop it up, Informal.
- to raise a disturbance, as to celebrate noisily:
They whooped it up after winning the big game.
- to stir up enthusiasm, as for an idea or project:
Every spring they whoop it up for the circus.
Example Sentences
On 13 April, fans are being encouraged to "dress up, whoop, yelp and clap their way through this block-busting adventure".
When she entered the room, they leaped to their feet, whooped, cheered and waved napkins in the air.
The whoops were especially loud for editorial cartoons featuring Sanders and for screen grabs of headlines from across the country as his national profile rose.
Troops were in high spirits, singing chanting and whooping as they built momentum for the battle.
As they whooped and hollered and paraded the trophy around the Stade de France, you got an overwhelming sense that this Belle Epoque in rugby boots is only just getting started.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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