whoop

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They then rose up and commenced the war-whoop, as they marched round the war-pole.

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  1. noun A loud cry of exultation or excitement.
  2. noun A shout uttered by a hunter or warrior.
  3. noun A hooting cry, as of a bird.

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  • 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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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

yell ·  hoot ·  yelp ·  shout ·  cackle ·  bellow ·  peal ·  exclamation ·  hurrah ·  clamor ·  bray ·  raucous

Used in the same contextWord Family

whoop:   whooping ·  whooped ·  whoops
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. From Middle English whopen, to whoop, variant of hopen, from Old French hopper, of imitative origin.

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  1. Properly, as formerly, hoop, the initial w being unoriginal, as in whole, etc., and the proper pron. being höp (as given in Walker), and not hwöp, which, so far as it exists, is a perverted pronunciation, prob. due to the spelling; from Middle English houpen, howpen, whowpen, from Old French howper, whoop, shout; cf. houp! interjection, houp-la! stop! stop there! Cf. hoop, hubbub, whoobub. There may have been some connection with Anglo-Saxon wōp, outcry. weeping (modern English *woop), Gothic (Moesogothic) wōpjan, crow as a cock, etc. (see weep); but none with Gothic (Moesogothic) hwōpjan, boast.
  2. Early modern English also hoop, howp: see whoop, v.
  3. See whoop, v.
 

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