Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Verb: whoop  hoop
  1. Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
    "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
     
  2. Cough spasmodically
    - hack
Noun: whoop  hoop
  1. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

Sounds like: hoop

Derived forms: whoops, whooping, whooped

See also: whooper

Type of: call, cough, cry, holler, hollo [non-standard], outcry, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Whoop