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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr & vb n.
{Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.]
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.
Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth.
When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of
some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne.
2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
whooping cough.
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