1. A loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
   "The fans let out a whoop when their team scored"

1. Shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
   "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
    
2. Cough spasmodically
   "The patient with emphysema is whooping all day";
   - hack

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Derived forms: whooping, whooped, whoops

Type of: call, cough, cry, holler [informal], hollo [non-standard], outcry, scream, shout, shout out, squall, vociferation, yell

Encyclopedia: Whoop