whoop
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L29143 on Wikidata ↗verb
- mode of speaking, making a 'whoop' sound
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /wuːp/ / /ʍuːp/ / /wʊp/ / /ʍʊp/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwōpan, from Proto-Germanic *hwōpaną (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic 𐍈𐍉𐍀𐌰𐌽 (ƕōpan, “to boast”), Old English hwōpan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English wōp (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōp, from Proto-Germanic *wōpaz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “to cry out”)).
- A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
“Mixed with the whoop of the crane and the roar of the grim alligator.”
“[A] great whoop of victory sounded as finally they carried the fish up the beach.”
- A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
- A bump on a racetrack.
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“The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […]”
verb
Etymology: From a traditional African American and Southern US pronunciation of whip.
- To beat, to strike.
- To defeat thoroughly.