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whooping |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whooping \Whoop"ing\, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. {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} (Zo["o]l.), a North American crane ({Crus Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. 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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