Definitions for whoop

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Spelling: [hoop, hoo p; especially for 1, 3, 4, 6–12 hwoop, hwoo p, woop, wo

IPA: /hup, hʊp; especially for 1, 3, 4, 6–12 ʰwup, ʰwʊp, wup, wʊp/

Whoop is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in whoop (hoopw).

Definitions for whoop

noun

1. a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
2. the sound made by a person suffering from whooping cough.

Idioms

1. not worth a whoop, Informal. to be worthless:
2. whoop it up, Informal. to raise a disturbance, as to celebrate noisily: to stir up enthusiasm, as for an idea or project:

Verb phrases

1. whoop up, Informal. to promote or praise; extol:

interjection

1. (used as a cry to attract attention from afar, or to show excitement, encouragement, enthusiasm, etc.)

verb (used with object)

1. to utter with or as if with a whoop.
2. to whoop to or at.
3. to call, urge, pursue, or drive with whoops:

verb (used without object)

1. to utter a loud cry or shout in expressing enthusiasm, excitement, etc.
2. to cry as an owl, crane, or certain other birds.
3. to make the characteristic sound accompanying the deep intake of air following a series of coughs in whooping cough.

Origin of whoop

1350-1400; Middle English whopen, Old English hwōpan to threaten; cognate with Gothic hwopan to boast

Examples for whoop

In a spontaneous act of call and response, we all whoop and start clapping back, united by euphoria.

Just then a whoop rang out from the braves at the gap and was followed by a chorus of them.

All of the Emily gang set up a whoop of joy, and 'twas answered from the yacht.

Couldn't seem to raise a real loud whisper, let alone a whoop.

But I think some of these people must have gone out of their minds to whoop it up so.

For every whoop of the Hurons, the Iroquois give an angry yell of defiance.

It was terrible to leap and whoop and whistle; her very soul revolted.

Then you trust me to whoop up her heroism and the fact that without her he would have died.

It was the Indian whoop, which her father had taught her in their woodland rambles at home.

At half-past seven you heard the whoop of the milkman and the rattling of his cans.