WHOOPING

Verb

whooping

present participle of whoop

Noun

whooping (plural whoopings)

Alternative form of whupping

Source: Wiktionary

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Whoop"ing,

Definition: a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. Dunglison.

– Whooping crane (Zoöl.), a North American crane (Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.

– Whooping swan (Zoöl.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.

WHOOP

Whoop (, n. Etym: [See Hoopoe.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The hoopoe.

Whoop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.] Etym: [OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i.]

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. Each whooping with a merry shout. Wordsworth. When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. W. Browne.

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

Whoop, v. t.

Definition: To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be Whooped out of Rome. Shak.

Whoop, n.

1. 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. A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. Addison. The whoop of the crane. Longfellow.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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