Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete variant of
whoop .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To cry out; to whoop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To cry out; to
whoop . - verb Obsolete form of
hoop . - verb Obsolete form of
hope .
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Examples
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But if I were someone whop wanted to convince people howp superiorp I am, I'd be morep carefull.p
What are we, without fear of death? Steven Barnes 2009
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Ai howp dat teh goggie iz nyser dan teh wun in dis pikshur:
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Mai hed has splortid badly wiv dis cutie kittin – ai howp everiwun iz wering der CHRGs.
dey iz nursing der own doom. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai howp iz not akshuly cannun toob aw wil fier teh kitteh an mayks a mess ebbywer!
is no utube - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai howp himz taykin a showr duzzent watr daown teh martooneez…
shower, water, naked man. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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"What's this noo?" says I. "Nae mair o 'yer fitba' pliskies, I howp."
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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I howp some o 'thae Lichtin' Commitee chappies 'ill get a dook amon' the gutters the nicht for this pliskie o 'theirs.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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I howp they'll get his body, or never anither bit o 'fish will I eat!
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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I dinna ken what use thae soshilist triangles an 'ither feelimageeries like hen's taes are genna be to you, but I howp they'll no' be learnin 'ye to gie fowk jimp wecht, or it'll juist be the ruin o' your trade.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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"I'm rale dootfu '," was the general opinion; "but we maun juist howp for the best."
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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