whoop

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Also spelled Whup and a-whoopin

US /wuːp/ See IPA manual

Freq #10995

Meanings

1

verb
shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table.

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Synonyms

holler halloo hoot

Word family

Forms whoopedwhoopingwhoops

Derived forms whoop-up

Related forms whoop-whoopwhoopeewhoops

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Idioms (1)

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whoop it up
to enjoy oneself at a noisy, exuberant celebration

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...

whopen Middle English houper Old French *hwōpan Proto-West Germanic *hwōpaną Proto-Germanic wop Middle English wōp Old English *wōp Proto-West Germanic *wōpaz Proto-Germanic

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# whoop

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /wuːp/
**Frequency rank:** 10995

## Meanings
1. shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

## Examples
- The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table.

## Synonyms
- holler
- halloo
- hoot

## Derived Forms
- whoop-up

## Related Forms
- whoop-whoop
- whoopee
- whoops

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: whopen
- Root: houper
- Root: *hwōpan
- Root: *hwōpaną
- Root: wop
- Root: wōp
- Root: *wōp
- Root: *wōpaz

## 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...

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