whoop
A loud, eager cry, usually of joyA loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
» Tom let out a whoop of delight.
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3 sensesA loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
во́згласvózglas, вы́крикvýkrik
a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
ка́шельkášelʹ
A bump on a racetrack.
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Examples
18 sentencesTom let out a whoop of delight.
Has your child been vaccinated against whooping cough?
ruУ вашего ребёнка есть прививка от коклюша? — marafon
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. — Wuzzy
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
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”)).
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