| Whoop 1. (n.) The hoopoe. 2. (v. i.) 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. 3. (v. i.) To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. 4. (v. t.) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision. 5. (n.) A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness, enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl. 6. (n.) A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough. Thesaurus Entries ace, bark, battle cry, bawl, bellow, call, caterwaul, cheer, cry, damn, hail, halloo, holler, hollo, hoot, howl, hurrah, jot, lota, modicum, rallying cry, ray, roar, scream, screech, shout, shred, shriek, squall, squawk, squeal, war cry, war whoop, whit, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yell, yelp, yo-ho, yowl |