\Whoop"ing\,
a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t.
{Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough,
   returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting
   of several expirations, followed by a sonorous
   inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough.
   --Dunglison.
{Whooping crane} (Zo["o]l.), a North American crane ({Crus
   Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it
   utters.
{Whooping swan} (Zo["o]l.), the whooper swan. See the Note
   under {Swan}.