Found 2 items, similar to WHOOPING.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: whoop whoop n : a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement v 1: shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; “The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table” 2: cough spasmodically; “The patient with emphysema is hacking all day” [syn: hack]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Whooping Whooping \Whoop"ing\, a. & n. from Whoop, v. t. [1913 Webster] Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. --Dunglison. Whooping crane (Zo["o]l.), a North American crane (Crus Americana ) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. Whooping swan (Zo["o]l.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan. [1913 Webster] Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.] [OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a war whoop; to hoot, as an owl. [1913 Webster] Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. [1913 Webster]