\Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.)
The hoopoe.

\Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.]
1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm,
   or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a
   war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.
         Each whooping with a merry shout.     --Wordsworth.
         When naught was heard but now and then the howl Of
         some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W. Browne.
2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
   whooping cough.

\Whoop\, 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.

\Whoop\, n.
1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness,
   enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an
   halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.
         A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable
         detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and
         pursued him with whoops and halloos.  --Addison.
         The whoop of the crane.               --Longfellow.
2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration,
   as in whooping cough.