whoop

Meanings

Plural: whoops

Noun

a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement
A loud, eager cry, usually of joy.
A gasp, characteristic of whooping cough.
A bump on a racetrack.

Verb

shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm
- "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"
cough spasmodically
To make a whoop.
To shout, to yell.
To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in whooping cough.
To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.
To beat, to strike.
To defeat thoroughly.

Origin / Etymology

From 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”)).

Synonyms

hack

Scrabble Score: 13

whoop is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
whoop is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whoop is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

whoop is a valid Words With Friends word