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whoop | whoopingly |

As a noun whoop

is an exclamation, a cry, usually of joy.

As a verb whoop

is to make a whoop or whoop can be (informal) to beat, to strike.

As an adverb whoopingly is

(manner) with a whooping noise.

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

    whoopingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (manner) With a whooping noise.
  • *
  • (degree) To a very great extent; extremely.
  • *
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