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
- : 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.
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