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whooper

/hoo-per, hwoo-, woo-/US // ˈhu pər, ˈʰwu-, ˈwu- //UK // (ˈwuːpə) //

呜呼,呜呼哀哉,呜呼声,呜咽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that whoops.
    • : whooper swan.
    • : Informal. whooping crane.

Examples

  • I cudden't stand it no longer, so I wint down town to-night, down be Shekel an' Whooper's place, an' bought these things.

  • The chief whooper, he discovered, was Bill Kennedy, the man whom he had very nearly thrashed.

  • Well, there ain't much use 'whooping up the boys' when only the whooper gets wild.

  • De one us sung most was: 'Whooper John and Calline all night.'

  • He hastened to assure the whooper that he was awake and afoot.