to whoop
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8.9
- verb
- /wuːp/
- Specialized
:
toser convulsivamente
- The child would whoop in distress, gasping for air every time he tried to breathe deeply.
- whooping cough
- whooping cough symptoms
- whooping cough epidemic
Examples
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During the night, he began to whoop loudly, struggling to catch his breath due to the cough.
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And with Oliver who is our son that was born two years later, he actually got whooping cough.
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In fact, the majority of whooping cough cases are in teens and adults.
Blog text (15) -
First, the children had whooping cough, then chickenpox.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's my child, he's been ill with whooping cough.
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Infants (the next highest group) are most likely to get whooping cough from this older group.
Blog text (15) -
We've seen outbreaks of whooping cough in the last ten years like we've never seen before.
Blog text (31) -
Our results show that specific immunoglobulin is beneficial in the treatment of whooping cough, reducing the duration and the number of whoops.
Academic text (1992) -
After weeks of experiencing a harsh cough, she was diagnosed with whooping cough by her doctor.
Synonyms
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1.0
To push air out of the lungs suddenly, often to clear the throat
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5.8
To cough loudly and repeatedly
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did
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Etymology
The verb whoop (about coughing) comes from the gasping sound people make between coughs, and the illness called 'whooping cough' is named for that loud 'whoop' intake of breath. So to whoop in this sense is to make that gasping sound while coughing.