Crossword clues for whooped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Whooping.] [OE. houpen. See Hoop, v. i.]
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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.
Each whooping with a merry shout.
--Wordsworth.When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl.
--W. Browne. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
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Etymology 1
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(en-past of: whoop)
Usage examples of "whooped".
Now he whooped noisily into a microphone, and waved his big ten-gallon hat in the air, and gladhanded his guests.
And then he took off his hat and waved it and whooped out loud: up the road marched a long column of crossbowmen in indigo tunics and pantaloons (some in gray pantaloons, taken from dead southrons).
Rollant whooped, even though that completed bridge meant he was going into danger.
I pushed Mike away with my foot and said to Shifty, I said: “A big nerve you got, tryin’ to fraternize with me, after the way you squawked and whooped the last time I seen you, and called me a dub and all.
Him and Kirby and Richards picked up towels and buckets and we went out the opposite door from what we come in, and there was a big crowd of people there, and they whooped and shot off their pistols.
Geroge and Tharma whooped with glee at the way their shadows swooped and fluttered in the moving, flickering light.
Instead, the outlander whooped and grinned and slapped him on the back, almost hard enough to pitch him out of the chariot.
A few years earlier, he would have whooped with glee at the prospect of a fight.
He whooped in satisfaction, grabbed the mug, and emptied it in one long pull.
If only it had been someone less thoughtful, a bullshitter like Pete Conrad, who would have cracked a joke and whooped as he somersaulted down the ladder of the LM.