whoop
To make a whoopTo make a whoop.
» Tom let out a whoop of delight.
Meaning
6 senses(intransitive)To make a whoop.
(transitive)To shout, to yell.
To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
(informal, transitive)To beat, to strike.
колоти́тьkolotítʹ, поколоти́тьpokolotítʹ
(informal, transitive)To defeat thoroughly.
разгроми́тьrazgromítʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
ги́катьgíkatʹ, улюлю́катьuljuljúkatʹ
Examples
18 sentencesTom let out a whoop of delight.
Has your child been vaccinated against whooping cough?
ruУ вашего ребёнка есть прививка от коклюша?
I'll whoop your ass so hard, you'll regret it.
Last year doctors urged parents of newborns to have them vaccinated against whooping cough.
Whoops, I must've made a mistake.
deHoppla, da habe ich wohl einen Fehler gemacht.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially fromFrom 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”)).
From a traditional African American and Southern US pronunciation of whip.
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Forms
whoops, whooping, whooped, whoopedWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle