Whoop

Definition: Whoop

Whoop

Noun

1. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement.

Verb

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "whoop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonym: Whoop

Defiance

Noun: defiance; daring & Verb:; dare; challenge, cartel; threat; war cry, war whoop.

Crosswords: Whoop

So you're half-demon -- big whoop! I can't believe you think I'd care about that (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Beat of the Drum and the Whoop of the Dance (reference)

• Dakota War Whoop (reference)

• The beat of the drum and the whoop of the dance : a study of the life and work of Joseph Henry Sharp (reference)

• Whoop for Joy: A Christmas Wish (reference)

• Whoop!: An Aggie Football Weekend (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Indian War Whoop (reference)

• Whoop It Up (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Caucus curs in full yell, or a war whoop, to saddle on the people, a pappoose president. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "whoop": indian war whoop ♦ war whoop ♦ whoop it up. Additional references.

Beginning with "whoop": whoop-de-do, whoop-screech-whoop, whoop-whoop.

Ending with "whoop": whoop-screech-whoop, whoop-whoop.

Albanian

thirrje (appeal, call, calling, citation, convocation, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, muster, outcry, proclamation, shout, subpoena, summons), thërres (ask, bawl, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, exclaim, give a cry, hail, holler, invite, shout, sing out, summon, vociferate, wawl), thërras (ask, bawl, call, call out, call up, conjure, convene, convoke, cry, drum up, exclaim, hail, holler, invite, obtest, page, shout, sing out, summon, vociferate, wawl), gulçoj (absorb, blow, breath rapidly, crepitate, gasp, gulp, heave, howl, pant, puff, wheeze), gulçim nga kolla, britmë gëzimi (whoopee), bërtas (bawl, call, Caterwaul, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, objurgate, scream, shout, shout at, shriek, squall, vociferate, yell). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هتف (acclaim, applaud, blare, cheer, ejaculate, exclaim, root, yell), ‏هتاف (acclaim, acclamation, applause, cheer, cheering, clarion, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, hallo, ovation, plaudit, yell), ‏نعيق, ‏نعق للبوم, ‏صيتة, ‏شهقة صيحة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съвсем малко количество (shoestring), съвсем малка степен, крясък на бухал, крясък (clamor, clamour, cry, honk, hoot, scream, shriek, squawk, yell), кряскам (chatter, honk), викам (barrack, bawl, call, clamor, clamour, create, cry, holler, hollo, holloa, pop off, roar, scream, shout, sing out, vocalize, vociferate, yell), вик (bawl, call, cry, scream, shout, yell), насърчавам с викове, агитирам в полза на, аплодирам шумно и ентусиазирано, боен вик (battle cry, war cry, war whoop), подвиквам (shoot, utter cries). (various references)

Chinese 

高呼, 呼叫聲 . (various references)

Czech

veselit se (jollify, make merry, revel), výkřik (crux, cry, ejaculation, exclamation, outcry, scream, shriek, yell), pokřik (hue and cry, vociferation), křièet (cry, holler, scream, shout, shriek, wail, yowl), houkání (honk, hoot, hooting, toot). (various references)

Farsi 

فریادکردن (Holler, Screech), فریاد (Call, Calling, Cry, Gaff, Greet, Groan, Outcry, Shout, Shriek, Squawk, Squeal), صدای سیاه سرفه , صدای جغدومانندان , صدای بلندمثل سرفه . (various references)

Finnish

hinkua. (various references)

French

ululer, ululement, toux aspirante, pousser des cris, hurler, exclamer, cri de joie, cri, coqueluche (whooping cough), applaudir, acclamer. (various references)

German

schreien (bawl, Bray, call, call out, clamor, clamour, crow, cry, cry out, cry up, crying, honk, hoot, howl, moan, scream, scream out, screech, shout, shouting, shriek, squall, squeal, to clamour, to scream, to screech, to squall, vociferate, wail, yell, yell out), Ruf (call, cry, fame, hearsay, hoot, name, renown, rep, report, reputation, repute, rumor, rumour, shout, telephone number), keuchen (chug, gasp, pant, rasp, to gasp, to pant, wheeze). (various references)

Greek 

κραυγή (bawl, call, clamor, clamour, cry, halloo, holler, outcry, scream, shout, squall, vociferation, yell), κραυγάζω (bawl, clamor, clamour, cry, exclaim, halloo, scream, shout, squall, vociferate), ξεφωνητό (scream). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעשות שמח (make whoopee, whoop it up). (various references)

Hungarian

hörghurut (bronchitis). (various references)

Italian

tossire convulsivamente, grido (bawl, call, cry, exclamation, hail, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, hue, outcry, scream, shout, squall), gridare (bawl, call, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squall, storm, yell), fare baldoria (carouse, revel). (various references)

Korean 

야아 하�" 소리. (various references)

Manx

truh (chin cough, whooping cough), hiu (to you), gerrym (call of bird, crow of cock, crowing, mission, outcry, profession, shouting, vocation, whooping). (various references)

Pig Latin

oopwhay.(various references)

Portuguese

vaiar (boo, hoot), grito (bawl, call, cry, crying, hoot, scream, shout, yell), gritar (bawl, call, call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, hoot, howl, scream, shout, sing out, vociferate, waul, yawl, yell), fazer assuada, canto de galo, assuada, apupo, apupar (barrack, hoot), algazarra (clamor, clamour, clatter, clutter, hullabaloo, outcry, pother, racket, rattle, roughhouse, row, shindy, tumult, uproar). (various references)

Romanian

tuse convulsivã (pertussis, whooping cough), tuşi (cough), hãitui cu strigãte. (various references)

Russian 

коклюшный кашель (hoop), гикать (hoop), выкрикивать выкрик (whooping), выкрикивать (cry out, rap out, scratch off, yell out), возглас (whoopee). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vikati (clamor, clamour, cry out, halloo, scream, shout, sound off, vociferate, yell), vika (bawl, clamor, clamour, screaming, shouting, yell), uzviknuti (exclaim, give a cry, holler), poklič (shout). (various references)

Spanish

grito de alegría, gritar (bark, bawl, bawl out, bellow, break out, call, call out, chant, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, faggot, fagot, halloo, holler, hoot, howl, outcry, scold, scream, shout, shout out, shriek, shrill out, sing out, to shout, yell), echar cana, divertirse tontamente (lark about, lark around, rollick), dar alaridos (howl), alarido (howl, yell, yowl). (various references)

Swedish

skrika (call out, clamor, clamour, cry, cry out, jay, roar, scream, screaming, shout, shriek, shrill, squall, squeal, vociferate, yawp). (various references)

Turkish

haykırmak (bawl, burst in, burst out, call to, cry, cry out, ejaculate, exclaim, roar, rumble, rumble out, scream, shout, shout out, spit, yell), haykırma (bawling, clamor, clamour, ejaculation, shouting), boğmacalı gibi öksürmek, boğmaca öksürüğü sesi, bağırtı, bağırmak (bark, bark at, bawl, bell, bellow, call, cry, ejaculate, exclaim, holler, hollo, holloa, hoop, hoot, howl, roar, scream, shout, shout at, shout out, sing out, troat, trumpet, yell), bağırma (bellow, exclamation, hollo, holloa, hoop, howl, outcry, scream, shout, yell), çığlık atmak (cry, cry out, hoop, scream, screech, shriek, shriek out, skirl), çığlık (crow, cry, hoop, scream, shouting, shriek, skirl, yell). (various references)

Ukrainian

ухкати, коклюшний кашель, галасувати (boom, clamor, clamour, clutter, noise, rollick, sound off), гикати (hiccough, hiccup), гикання, викрикувати (bawl out, howl, shout out, shriek), вигук (call, calling, ejaculation, exclamation, interjection, outcry), зойк (clang, cry, exclamation, shriek, squall, wail, yawl, yell), закашлятися. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiếng reo (sang, sing, sung), tiếng la lớn, tiếng kêu (call, chirp, cried, cry, shout), tiếng hò reo tiếng ho khúc khắc. (various references)

Grus americana. (various references)

houper. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "whoop": whooped, whoopee, whoopees, whooper, whoopers, whoopie, whooping, whoopla, whooplas, whoops. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Whoop" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rhodope, swhoop, wheep, whoc, whog, whoo, whoof, whoopi, whoopy, whoos, whooy, whup, woap, wolp, woop. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hoop, pooh, whop.

-2 letters: hop, how, oho, ooh, poh, pow, who, woo, wop.

-3 letters: ho, oh, op, ow, wo.

+1 letter: whoops.

+2 letters: whooped, whoopee, whooper, whoopie, whoopla.

+3 letters: postshow, shopworn, whoopees, whoopers, whooping, whooplas, workshop.

+4 letters: whirlpool, wirephoto, workshops.

+5 letters: horsepower, hydropower, powerhouse, shopwindow, whirlpools, wirephotos.