Whooped

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.]
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     1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm,
        or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a
        war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.


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              Each whooping with a merry shout.     --Wordsworth.
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              When naught was heard but now and then the howl
              Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W.
                                                    Browne.
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     2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
        whooping cough.
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