different between whoop vs whooper
whoop
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English whopen, whowpen, howpen, houpen (“to whoop, cry out”), partially from Old French houper, hopper, houpper (“to shout”), from Proto-Germanic *hw?pan? (“to boast, threaten”) (compare Gothic ???????????????????? (??pan, “to boast”), Old English hw?pan (“to threaten”)); and partially from Middle English wop (“weeping, lamentation”), from Old English w?p (“cry, outcry, shrieking, weeping, lamentation”), from Proto-Germanic *w?paz (“shout, cry, wail”) (compare Old Norse ópa (“to cry, scream, shout”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (w?pjan, “to cry out”)).
Alternative forms
- hoop, howp
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo?op, hwo?op, IPA(key): /wu?p/, /?u?p/ or enPR: ho?op, IPA(key): /hu?p/
- Rhymes: -u?p
- Homophone: hoop (for one pronunciation of the noun and the associated intransitive verb)
Noun
whoop (plural whoops)
- A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
- A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
- A bump on a racetrack.
- Synonym of whoop-de-doo
- 2006, Steve Casper, ATVs: Everything You Need to Know (page 104)
- The key to jamming through the whoops is to keep your weight to the back of the quad […] and keep the front wheels high […]
- 2009, Lee Klancher, Kevin Cameron, Motorcycle Dream Garages (page 184)
- The “98 MPH” sign used to be on a set of particularly vicious whoops at one of John's favorite racetracks.
Translations
Verb
whoop (third-person singular simple present whoops, present participle whooping, simple past and past participle whooped)
- (intransitive) To make a whoop.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Beggars
- each whooping with a merry shout
- 1613, William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals
- When naught was heard but now and then the howl / Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl.
- 1815, William Wordsworth, Beggars
- (transitive) To shout, to yell.
- To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
- (transitive, obsolete) To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:shout
Derived terms
- whoop it up
Translations
Etymology 2
Corruption of whip.
Alternative forms
- whup
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo?op, hwo?op, IPA(key): /w?p/, /??p/
Verb
whoop (third-person singular simple present whoops, present participle whooping, simple past and past participle whooped)
- (transitive, informal) To beat, to strike.
- (transitive, informal) To defeat thoroughly.
Derived terms
- whoop someone's ass
- open a can of whoop ass
Translations
See also
- whoopee
- whoops
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whooper
English
Etymology
whoop +? -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?p?(?)
Noun
whooper (plural whoopers)
- A person or animal that whoops.
- The whooping crane, Grus americana.
- 2008, Thomas Arnhold, Web Parton, Wingshooter's Guide to Kansas Upland Birds and Waterfowl (page 88)
- Adult whoopers are white and easy to distinguish from sandhills.
- 2008, Thomas Arnhold, Web Parton, Wingshooter's Guide to Kansas Upland Birds and Waterfowl (page 88)
- The whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus.
Translations
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