Definitions for whooping-cough

whooping-cough whooping cough

Spelling: [hoo-ping, hoo p-ing]
IPA: /ˈhu pɪŋ, ˈhʊp ɪŋ/

Whooping-Cough is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 296 anagrams from letters in whooping-cough (-cgghhinooopuw).

Definitions for whooping-cough

noun

  1. an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.

Origin of whooping-cough

First recorded in 1730-40

Examples for whooping-cough

Pertussis, or “whooping cough,” is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.

In the time of whooping cough, the sunniest way of managing the child is the best.

You have a better chance of being killed by malaria or whooping cough.

Now Mrs. Crane won't have to have whooping cough and all the other things.

A whooping cough epidemic did little to turn the tide of the movement from 2011-12, according to a new study.

He lost one poor little one in the winter with the whooping cough.

whooping cough is deadly, on the rise, and preventable with a vaccine.

We've got three cases of whooping cough, but all isolated, and no more coming.

Treat the whooping cough with the same care as you would any other cough.

We've got whooping cough, and you can hear us whoop when you get off the train two miles away.

Word Value for whooping-cough
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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