I. ˈh]üp, ˈhw] also ˈw] or ]u̇p; with reference to coughing ˈh]üp, ]u̇p also ˈhw] sometimes ˈw] verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English whopen, alteration of hopen, houpen, from Middle French houpper, of imitative origin
intransitive verb
1. : to utter a whoop in expression of eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment : shout , halloo
made a man want to cry and whoop all at the same time — Laura Krey
2. : to utter the cry of an owl : hoot
3. : to give the spasmodic cough of whooping cough
4. : to roar support : express vociferous endorsement
was whooping for leftist candidates
5.
a. : to go with a roar : move with a loud noise of the vehicle or with a shouting of the occupants
a noisy gang, squashed into five cars and a taxi, were whooping through the quieter squares — Dorothy Sayers
the Western express … whoops out through the suburbs — Lawrence Constable
b. : to be rushed through by acclamation or with noisy support
the bill whooped through both houses
c. : to blow noisily
a stiff west wind was whooping in off the prairies — F.B.Gipson
transitive verb
1.
a. : to utter, cheer on, or express with a whoop : urge or press clamorously
whooped us in to wash for lunch — William DuBois
machine men crowded on his bandwagon, whooped him into office — William Manchester
whooped a welcome
b. : to rush through or adopt with noisy enthusiasm
it whooped through on a voice vote a stopgap foreign aid appropriation bill — Current Biography
2.
a. : to arouse sentiment for : agitate in behalf of : boom
the literary reviews for five or six years past have been whooping up all sorts of palpable quacks — H.L.Mencken
b. : to stir up : excite
whoops up a selling boom — Wallace Stegner
3. : boost , raise
the tip whooped the price up to 80 times the prewar quotation — Sylvia F. Porter
so if I was fool enough to never whoop the ante I'd get the credit for lying anyway — Sinclair Lewis
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- whoop it up
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English whope (used interjectionally), alteration of houp, from hopen, houpen, v.
1.
a. : a sound expressive of eagerness, exuberance, or jubilation
goes out on the town with a whoop and a holler — John McCarten
— often used interjectionally
b. : the shout of men in battle or pursuit : war cry
with whoop and halloo, like a troop of Don Cossacks — Washington Irving
c. : a shout of hunters (as at the kill)
2. : the cry of an owl : hoot
3. : the crowing intake of breath following a paroxysm in whooping cough
4. : a variation of hide-and-seek
5. : the smallest bit : hoot , damn
didn't give a whoop
not worth a whoop
III. ˈhüp noun
( -s )
Etymology: alteration of hoop (IV)
: hoopoe