Whoop Definition

ho͝op, wo͝op, hwo͝op
whooped, whooping, whoops
noun
whoops
A loud shout, cry, or noise.
Webster's New World
A shout uttered by a hunter or warrior.
American Heritage
A hooting cry, as of a bird.
American Heritage
The paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.
American Heritage Medicine

A bump on a racetrack.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
whooped, whooping, whoops
To utter, or move along with, a whoop or whoops.
Webster's New World
To utter a hooting cry.
American Heritage
To utter with a whoop or whoops.
Webster's New World
To make the paroxysmal gasp characteristic of whooping cough.
American Heritage Medicine
To drive, urge on, chase, bring about, etc. with whoops.
Webster's New World
idiom
whoop it up
  • To have a jolly, noisy celebration.
  • To express or arouse enthusiasm; cheer:

    conventioneers whooping it up for their candidate.

American Heritage
not worth a whoop
  • worth nothing at all
Webster's New World
whoop it up
  • to create a noisy disturbance, as in celebrating
  • to create enthusiasm (for)
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Whoop

Noun

Singular:
whoop
Plural:
whoops

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Whoop

Origin of Whoop

  • From Middle English whopen to whoop variant of hopen from Old French hopper of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Corruption of whip.

    From Wiktionary

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