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Whoos vs Whops - What's the difference?

whoos | whops |

As verbs the difference between whoos and whops

is that whoos is (whoo) while whops is (whop).

As a noun whops is

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whoos

English

Verb

(head)
  • (whoo)

    • whoo

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An expression of delight.
  • The wailing cry of a ghost.
  • * 1949 , Robertson Davies, The table talk of Samuel Marchbanks
    • "You are mistaken; I am a ghost; whoo !" said I, choking back my rage.
  • * 1996 , R A Noonan, Wild ghost chase
    • Then he held up his hands and let out a weak ghost-howl. "Whoo ?" he moaned, in a tiny voice.
  • The cry of an owl

    • Synonyms

    * (expression of delight) wahoo, whoopee, yay, yippee * (cry of an owl) tuwhit tuwhoo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a whoo sound, of delight, whistling, or of an owl etc.
  • * 1891 , (Thomas Hardy), (w, Tess of the d'Urbervilles) , Part 6:
  • *:"Upon my honour!" cried he, "there was never before such a beautiful thing in Nature or Art as you look, 'Cousin' Tess ('Cousin' had a faint ring of mockery). I have been watching you from over the wall—sitting like Im-patience on a monument, and pouting up that pretty red mouth to whistling shape, and whooing' and ' whooing , and privately swearing, and never being able to produce a note. Why, you are quite cross because you can't do it."

    • whops

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (whop)

    • Noun

    (head)

    • whop

    English

    Verb

    (whopp)
  • (informal) To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
    • He angrily whopped the book onto the table.

    Derived terms

    * whopper

    Noun

    (whops)
  • A blow or strike.

    • Related terms

    * whap

    References

    * (etymology) English terms with homophones