[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
whooped whooping hoop 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 zool., a north american crane crus
      americana noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
      utters.

   whooping swan zool., the whooper swan. see the note under
      swan.
      1913 webster
see also:
whoop whooping cough whooping crane crus americana whooping swan swan 

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