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.
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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.
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Whoop
\Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Whooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whooping.] [OE. houpen. See
Hoop, v. i.]
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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.
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Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth.
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When naught was heard but now and then the howl
Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W.
Browne.
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2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
whooping cough.
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