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How to pronounce whoop in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hack
Type of cough
Type Words
Type of cry, vociferation, yell, shout, call, outcry
Type Words
Type of shout out, squall, yell, call, cry, holler, hollo, scream, shout
Derivation whooper


The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table.

Examples of whoop

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I literally threw out a geek whoop when I saw her line was included in the show.
From the ocregister.com
We get all this Christian holiday whoop-de-do in a supposedly secular newspaper.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Here was a guy who was convinced he could whoop me but I showed him he couldn't.
From the metro.co.uk
Here came the lights, and a single whoop of his siren as he tucked in behind her.
From the charlotteobserver.com
We whoop like cowboys, flying over the sand, away from the disappearing beach.
From the independent.co.uk
Besides, anti-American demonstrators whoop it up whenever the party hits town.
From the time.com
All this whoop-de-do over what Shakespeare looked like is so beside the point.
From the washingtonpost.com
Shaun White really is the big whoop once again Sunday after winning the superpipe.
From the denverpost.com
Bulldogs players whoop it up at their Mad Monday celebrations at Belmore Oval.
From the couriermail.com.au
More examples
  • A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
  • Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
  • Hack: cough spasmodically; "The patient with emphysema is hacking all day"
  • Many Texas Aggie terms are unique to, or hold a special meaning connected with, Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a coeducational public research university and is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. ...
  • (Whoops!) Woops! is an American post-apocalyptic sitcom that aired on the Fox network from September 27 to December 6, 1992.
  • An exclamation, a cry, usually of joy; A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough; To make a whoop
  • (whooped) Flawless
  • (Whoops) A nickname for the Washington Public Power Supply System, which in the 1970s raised billions of dollars through municipal bond offerings, the projects that never materialized. WPPSS defaulted on the payments to bondholders.
  • (Whoops) Mogul-like section of the track typically consisting of more than 10 tiny jumps in a row.