from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
When naught was heard but now and then the howl
Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W.
Browne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
whooping cough.
[1913 Webster]