Found 2 items, similar to whoop.
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: whoop Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zo["o]l.) A European bird of the genus Upupa (Upupa epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure, and a slender down-curving bill. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera. Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.] 1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.] [1913 Webster] 2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop. [1913 Webster] Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough. [1913 Webster]