whoop

[US]/wuːp/
[UK]/wuːp/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a loud cry; a wheezing sound; a shout
vt. to speak loudly; to arouse
vi. to shout; to pant
Word Forms
Past Participlewhooped
Third Person Singularwhoops
Present Participlewhooping
Past Tensewhooped
Comparativewhooper
Pluralwhoops

Phrases & Collocations

whoop it up

shout whoop

Example Sentences

an injection against whooping cough

flights of whooper swans.

the whoop of fast-approaching sirens.

all at once they were whooping with laughter.

The newspaper is whooping for leftist candidates.

The captive was whooped and jeered.

children whooping at play;

whooping the cattle down the road.

conventioneers whooping it up for their candidate.

Whoops! I nearly dropped it.

Whooping cough is very prevalent just now.

The train whooped out through the suburbs.

The bill whooped through both houses.

our little daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea.

The emcee came on stage and really whooped it up for the next act.

He did not have inspiratory whoop or post-tussive syncope or vomiting.

They undrew the battle array to whoop for themselves,and the scene was very impassioned too.

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