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Flange vs Whoop - What's the difference?

flange | whoop |

In lang=en terms the difference between flange and whoop

is that flange is to make a flange on; to furnish with a flange while whoop is to shout, to yell.

As nouns the difference between flange and whoop

is that flange is an external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place while whoop is an exclamation, a cry, usually of joy.

As verbs the difference between flange and whoop

is that flange is to be bent into a flange while whoop is to make a whoop or whoop can be (informal) to beat, to strike.

flange

English

(wikipedia flange)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place.
  • The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component.
  • (gaming) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees.
  • * 1998:' Mr MI Pennington, ''Can the Players be Trusted?'' on rec.games.frp.live-action [The] enduring problem with the Gathering is that [players can't affect anything that happens ... whatever they do, the LT just ' flange it back to the original plot line.
  • * 2007:' balor, ''Changing the metaphysics'' on Rule 7 [http://forums.rule7.co.uk/Topic28357-44-2.aspx] 'Oh look , the amulet of ' flange has been activated, this means all Paladins now only have one heal per day instead of two.'
  • A vulva.
  • * 2001:' tedfat, '''''Flange !!!! in alt.society.nottingham [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.society.nottingham/browse_thread/thread/7d1653d74a6ac61b/4fdf1b47e3e1bb70?lnk=st&q=%22her+flange%22&rnum=9&hl=en#4fdf1b47e3e1bb70]
  • I was in bed the other day with the missus and I asked to see her flange . Imagine my surprise when she got up went downstairs to my toolbox and brought me up a metal looking object called a flange!!!!! Needless to say when she asked to see my nuts the next time I obliged by doing exactly the same as her.
  • * 2003: Ray Gordon, Hot Sheets [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1562013920&id=c4hY8RgKlGgC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=flange+fuck&sig=8rlmxhjFq0jxtxQ_cW333gA5u5Q&hl=en]
  • 'God, she's got a tight flange !' the plumber gasped, splaying the girl's buttocks and focusing on her O-ring.
  • (rare, humorous) The collective noun for a group of baboons.
  • * 2006 , Rick Crosier - Getting Away with Murder
  • (I suspect they hired a flange of baboons to mind the house.)

    Synonyms

    * (collective noun for a group of baboons) congress

    Verb

    (flang)
  • To be bent into a flange.
  • To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    See also

    * whoopee * whoops English heteronyms English onomatopoeias