Whoop

(hōōp), n. [See infra.] A shout of pursuit, or of war; a cry of eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; a halloo; a hoot, as of an owl.

A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable portion of the detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos. Addison.

(hōōp), n. [Lat. upupa.] (Ornith.) A certain bird; the hoopoe, or upupa.

(hōōp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. WHOOPED (hōopt); p. pr. & vb. n. WHOOPING.] [A-S. hwōpan, to cry out, O. Sax. wōpan, wōpjan, Goth. vōpjan, to call, to cry out, hwōpan, to boast. Cf. WEEP and HOOP.] To utter a loud cry of eagerness, enthusiasm, or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to hoot, as an owl. “Each whooping with a merry shout.” Wordsworth.

Satyrs, that in glades and gloomy dingles dwell, Run whooping to the hills. Drayton.

When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. Browne.

(hōōp), v. t. To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

And suffered me, by the voice of slaves, to be Whooped out of Rome. Shak.