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Whoop vs Shoop - What's the difference?

whoop | shoop |

As nouns the difference between whoop and shoop

is that whoop is an exclamation, a cry, usually of joy while shoop is a sheep; specifically singular form of sheep.

As a verb whoop

is to make a whoop.

As a proper noun Shoop is

a surname of German origin.

As an interjection shoop is

Used as a scat word in song lyrics.

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

    shoop

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A surname of German origin

    • References

    * 479 Google Books References * Shoop Family Crest

    Anagrams

    * * English surnames