whoop

Meaning

Noun

1. A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
2. A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
3. A bump on a racetrack.

Verb

1. To make a whoop.
2. To shout, to yell.
3. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
4. (obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

Verb

1. (informal) To beat, to strike.
2. (informal) To defeat thoroughly.

Synonyms

yell

cry

😢

shout

call

scream

😱

halloo

vociferation

breath heavily

scream out

give a cough

bawl

holler

hoop

screech

cry out

clamor

squall

clamour

hack

have whooping-cough

bellow

bray

cough

exclaim

exclamation

❗

hoopoe

outcry

shout out

shrill

squeal

vociferate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wuːp/

Etymology

From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”)).