whoop

• But a few lashes had left their bloody marks upon his back when the uplifted arm of the executioner was arrested The awful Indian war-whoop, the precursor of blood and flame and torture, which even the boldest heart could seldom hear without terror, burst as it were simultaneously from a hundred warrior lips. —  David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
• The turbines made a steady whoop-whoop, like a hotel lobby's revolving door. —  The Texas Observer: In the Current Issue
• Italy won the thing but, well, big whoop-whoop: in many ways this remains Brazil's tournament. —  Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk
• At that instant our ears were assailed by a fearful war-whoop, and a shower of bullets and arrows whistled about our heads; but, happily, not one of us was hit Keep together, gentlemen," cried Tim; "and don't fire until we can see our enemies. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
• Then with one accord they screeched the war-whoop, and assailed the doors of the houses with axes and hatchets The hideous din startled the minister, Williams, from his sleep. —  A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America

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