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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
whooping cough
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Both Doris and I came down with whooping cough.
▪ Calpol can now be given to babies developing a feverish reaction after triple immunisations against whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus.
▪ Daughter Helen, 25, needed constant attention after whooping cough left her with a mental age of just two.
▪ On the ship I caught whooping cough.
▪ Scarlet fever, mumps, chicken pox, and whooping cough floated in the air.
▪ The whooping cough passed, but humiliation lingered on.
▪ The vaccine can be given at the same time as immunisations against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus.
▪ They were the victims of whooping cough.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whooping cough

Whooping \Whoop"ing\, a. & n. from Whoop, v. t.

Whooping cough (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
--Dunglison.

Whooping crane (Zo["o]l.), a North American crane ( Crus Americana) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters.

Whooping swan (Zo["o]l.), the whooper swan. See the Note under Swan.

Wiktionary
whooping cough

alt. (context disease English) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children; caused by the bacterium ''Bordetella pertussis''. In the advanced stage it is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath. n. (context disease English) A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children; caused by the bacterium ''Bordetella pertussis''. In the advanced stage it is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.

WordNet
whooping cough

n. a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane [syn: pertussis]

Usage examples of "whooping cough".

No sooner was Maria well again than my son Kurt came down with the whooping cough.

While I struggled to retain the difficult names of a few hotly disputed Tunisian oases, Kurt's whooping cough, simultaneously with the Afrika Korps, came to an end.

It has sudorific, tonic and expectorant properties, and is considered a good remedy for whooping cough (for which, indeed, it has been regarded as a specific) and all affections of the lungs.

She wouldn't have had to powder her face and do it up for whooping cough.