The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hooping cough
Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout; -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in calling. Cf. Whoop.]
To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written whoop.]
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To whoop, as in whooping cough. See Whoop.
Hooping cough. (Med.) See Whooping cough.