to whooping
- verb
- /ˈhuːpɪŋ/
- The crowd was whooping with joy as the team scored the winning goal.
Examples
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After the concert, fans were whooping and cheering for an encore.
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Children were whooping at the amusement park after going on the roller coaster.
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So what what what whooping did was exactly the same thing.
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I came from outside in gladiator school whooping from my daddy.
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And I was just watching like, so Kaylyn says, Oh, my gosh, if she's a coach, she is whooping me in the street.
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And I was just watching like, so Kaylin says, Oh, my gosh, if she's a coach, she is whooping me in the sea.
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All right, I've seen Brian Fullner whooping dude's butt over a tuna sandwich right beside one of those.
Synonyms
To shout loudly because you feel strong pain, anger or excitement
To make a loud, high, sharp sound that startles people
To make a loud high sound often because of fear, pain or excitement
Cry or shout loudly and without control
To shout loudly because you are excited or happy
To shout loudly to show anger or excitement
To celebrate loudly with cheering and noisy fun
Shout loudly to get attention or call someone
To shout loudly to show joy or excitement
To shout a long loud sound to show excitement or approval
To shout a short cry of joy online
To shout loudly to show joy or approval
To shout loudly to get someone's attention from far away
To call out loudly to get attention or greet someone
Antonyms
Compounds
A disease that spreads between people and causes severe coughing with a loud whoop when breathing in
A large rare North American bird with white and black feathers and a loud trumpet call
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Morphology
Etymology
Whooping as a verb comes from the sound whoop, the shout people make to show joy or approval. So to be whooping is to 'shout loudly and happily'.