whoop
呜呼,呜呼哀哉,呼呼,哗啦啦
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Definitions
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- : a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
- : the sound made by a person suffering from whooping cough.
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- : to utter a loud cry or shout in expressing enthusiasm, excitement, etc.
- : to cry as an owl, crane, or certain other birds.
- : to make the characteristic sound accompanying the deep intake of air following a series of coughs in whooping cough.
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- : to utter with or as if with a whoop.
- : to whoop to or at.
- : to call, urge, pursue, or drive with whoops: to whoop dogs on.
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- : whoop up, Informal. to promote or praise; extol: a class reunion where they whoop up the good old days.
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Examples
This is food that prompts little whoops of pleasure and encourages discussion.
Their vocals ranged from yodels to yips, whoops to whispers.
The only remaining question is where Sony found such a giant can of whoop-ass.
That was some whoop-de-doo speech Barack Obama gave Tuesday in Florida.
Finally I located and extracted the missing bauble, and with a triumphant whoop Elizabeth led me back into the waiting room.
Two-seventy happened and with it the apprehensive city at last let out a collective whoop of relief and jubilation.
In a spontaneous act of call and response, we all whoop and start clapping back, united by euphoria.
Giving a terrific whoop, he raised his gun and fired, the ball just missing Lawrence's head.
Well, I'll make the salve an' do the talkin'; Giz'll sort o' whoop things up a bit and Lut'er'll git cured.
Well, I seemed to be in the open river again by and by, but I couldn't hear no sign of a whoop nowheres.
Away down there somewheres I hears a small whoop, and up comes my spirits.
He stared for a moment wildly at the occupants of the Warren easy chairs, and the next moment let out a whoop of delight.