Examples
“Many symptoms common to other bacterial diseases don't appear in whooping cough.”
“After a drop in whooping cough vaccinations in 1974, an epidemic of more than 100,000 cases, resulting in 36 deaths, occurred in 1978.”
“Let's away! 'and another bigger child went off in whooping cough!”
“But, if the cough is left untreated, it can change into a loud whooping sound, hence the nickname whooping cough.”
“Pertussis is commonly referred to as whooping cough.”
“A: Pertussis (from the bacteria Bordetella pertussis and sometimes called whooping cough because of the "whooping" sound effect infants make) is highly contagious.”
“In 2009, there were more than 13,000 cases of pertussis more commonly known as whooping cough in Australia, which is the highest number ever recorded.”
“California is on pace to have its worst outbreak of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, in 50 years.”
The Huffington Post: Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Coughing Up the Facts on Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
“California is on pace to have the highest number of deaths and illnesses from pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in half a century, according to state health officials.”
Consumer Reports: California faces worst whooping cough epidemic in 50 years
“It's also known as whooping cough, the worst outbreak in 50 years.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whooping’.
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sound (loud)
words for loud sounds
( open list, descriptive, randomness )
also see:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopo...crash, thud, bump, thump, boom, smash, explode, roar, scream, screech, short, yell and 168 more...
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huck finnian
ain't, stretchers, without, sivilize, hogshead, victuals, bulrushers, tolerable, goggles, middling, reckoned, who-whooing and 287 more...
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Bird Wirds: Adjectives
Adjectives used in actual (non-taxonomic) bird names, past and present.
roseate, glossy, whooping, neotropic, pelagic, ferruginous, crested, whiskered, marbled, tufted, horned, eared and 818 more...
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the favourites
These are words that I like; either because they sound amazing, mean pretty things, seem particularly suited to their assigned definition, or just have good mouthfeel. The best ones embody some com...
tatterdemalion, alpenglow, dapple, defenestrate, wacky, lissom, lithe, whisper, madcap, magniloquent, whimsy, sallow and 208 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for whooping.
bilby
Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping - anon - anon -
There's joy in the mountains;
There's life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky is prevailing;
The rain is over and gone!
- William Wordsworth, 'Written In March'. Nov 3, 2008